Economic Affairs Committee to hold first evidence session on social care funding
What principles should underpin the funding of social care? How can the cost of social care be distributed fairly? Why have successive governments avoided addressing the problems of delivering social care?
These are among the questions the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee will be asking three witnesses, including Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE, Chair of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support, on Tuesday 16 October 2018 as part of its current inquiry into the funding of social care in England.
At 3.35pm the Committee will question:
- Simon Bottery, Senior Fellow, The King's Fund
- Natasha Curry, Senior Fellow, Nuffield Trust
- Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE, Chair, Commission on Funding of Care and Support (2010–11).
Other questions likely to be covered in this session are:
- What impact have short to mid-term investments, such as the Better Care Fund, had on social care in England?
- Are the recommendations made by the Commission on Funding of Care and Support still valid?
- How can a sustainable funding model for social care, supported by a diverse and stable market, be created?
- Does the current model of responsibility for social care being devolved locally work, or would a national system work better?
- The King's Fund has estimated that 700,000 more care workers will be needed in the next few years. What can be done to address the problems in the social care workforce?
This evidence session will start at 3.35pm on Tuesday 16 October 2018 in Committee Room 1 of the House of Lords.
