Lords committee to explore existing work on adult social care
Friday 11 March 2022
The House of Lords Adult Social Care committee will next week take evidence on the past, and ongoing, work on adult social care undertaken by organisations, such as the Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care, looking at the broad adult social care policy landscape.
The session will take place Monday 14 March at 3:45pm and can be followed live on Parliament TV.
Giving evidence will be:
- Vicky Davis, Director of Local Government Value for Money at the National Audit Office
- Anna Dixon, Chair of Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Social Care
- The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee
- Vic Rayner OBE, CEO of the National Care Forum
Questions the committee is likely to ask include:
- What work, if any, has been undertaken on the invisibility of adult social care, the assumptions underlying the current social care system, and practical solutions that can improve the experiences of those who rely on care and those providing unpaid care?
- How, if at all, do the Government’s proposed reforms tackle concerns about the lack of a long-term vision for care and short-term funding hampering local authorities’ ability to innovate and plan for the long-term?
- What reforms would witnesses like to see prioritised with regards to adult social care workforce and funding, and how do these align with the Government’s proposed reforms?
- How, if at all, have witnesses explored the often complex relationships between unpaid carers and those for whom they care?
