Next steps to put people at the heart of care: a plan for adult social care system reform 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025

Next steps to put people at the heart of care: a plan for adult social care system reform 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 This document sets out how the government proposes to make sure adult social care is of outstanding quality, personalised and accessible. It details how £700 million will be spent, including investment in: improved access to care and support; recognising skills for careers in care; driving digitisation and technology adoption; data and local authority oversight; support to enable people to remain independent at home; encouraging innovation and improvement; and joining up services to support people and carers. Department of Health and Social Care

See also:

• Government sets out next steps to support social care Department of Health and Social Care
• Funding changes signal an end to the government’s ambitious social care reform package Institute for Government
• Health Foundation response to social care plan The Health Foundation
• The King’s Fund responds to government social care reform package The King's Fund
• NHS Confederation responds to cut to funding for social care training NHS Confederation
• NHS Providers responds to social care workforce funding cut NHS Providers
• Government roll back on funding for social care a disgrace The Patients Association
• Government halves promised social care funding Royal College of Physicians
• Cuts to social care reform funding are a betrayal Nuffield Trust
• Fund for social care workforce has halved, ministers confirm The Daily Telegraph
• Adult social care budget cut ‘deeply disappointing’ Local Government Chronicle
• Charities accuse government of halving social care funding pledge Sky News