Sir Andrew Dilnot to give evidence to Lords Adult Social Care Committee
Tuesday 11 October 2022
The House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee will hold an evidence session with Sir Andrew Dilnot, former Chair of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support, as it continues its inquiry into what needs to change to create a fair, resilient, and sustainable care system.
The session takes place virtually on Thursday 13 October from 11.15am and can be followed live on Parliament TV.
Questions the Committee is likely to ask include:
- Given the huge pressures on adult social care and on public services generally, what is the most powerful argument we could use for the government to invest now in adult social care, and to commit to a significant change to the lives of older adults and disabled people, as well as unpaid carers?
- Can you talk us through the full diagnosis of what you see as the scale and scope of ‘invisibility’ of adult social care and how it affects the system, the services and the individual, and the relationship between them?
- What does an appropriate funding settlement for adult social care look like? If you were advising the new prime minister who has spoken about social care getting a greater share of the funding, where would you suggest that money should go to be most effective?
- What immediate changes should be made to relieve the workforce crisis in adult social care? What organisation or agency should be initiating these changes?
