Short-term social care funding ‘not having desired effect’, report suggests

Millions of pounds of funding into social care last year is said to have made no difference to the financial sustainability of the majority of providers surveyed for a report into a sector described as being in a “sustained state of crisis”.

Some 84% of adult social care providers asked about funding initiatives implemented across 2023 said the investment had made no impact on their financial sustainability, according to a snapshot report.

last year included £365 million in ringfenced funding to local authorities to improve and increase adult social care provision, with a particular focus on workforce pay through the market sustainability and improvement fund, and a £15 million fund to help support international recruitment in