Social care reform plans have once again gone awry, MPs say
A new report from MPs has warned that the Department of Health and Social Care is failing to provide the leadership required to deliver a social care sector sufficient to meet the country’s future needs.
Initiatives to support the workforce have so far only been short-term, while a long-term and comprehensive workforce plan is lacking, the Public Accounts Committee said.
Its report, published on Wednesday, stated that MPs “remain unconvinced” about whether the department knows if it is achieving value for money from additional funding going to adult social care.
They criticised “patchwork funding and short-notice announcements” which they said “hinder the sector’s ability to plan for
