Joint inquiry launched on long-term funding of adult social care

The Government has confirmed its intention to present a Green Paper containing proposals to reform care and support for older people, before the summer recess.

The Communities and Local Government and Health Committees have launched a joint inquiry on the long-term funding and provision of adult social care to feed in to the forthcoming Green Paper.

The inquiry is seeking to identify funding reforms that will command broad consensus to allow progress in ensuring the long-term sustainability of both the health and care systems.

Written submissions are being invited on the following:

• How to fund social care sustainably for the long term (beyond 2020), bearing in mind in particular the interdependence of the health and social care systems
• The mechanism for reaching political and public consensus on a solution

To make a written submission by the deadline on 7th March, please visit:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/communities-and-local-government-committee/news-parliament-2017/social-care-green-paper-17-19/

The Committees are expected to report in May 2018.