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Issue 281
Picture For Social Care Remains “Precarious’... Report Reveals
England's adult social care system is facing an unprecedented crisis as record
The King's Fund annual ‘Social Care 360’found that residential care provider
numbers of people receiving long-term support push council budgets to break-
fees paid by councils rose in real terms by an average of 3.6% to £1,823 a week
ing point, a major new report has warned.
for working age adults and for older people by 3.3% to £1,019 a week compared
The King's Fund says the surge in provision — while improving thousands of lives — has come at "great cost to local authority budgets" and is "ultimately not sustainable," leaving the sector in an increasingly precarious financial position.
with 2023/24's figures. Homecare fees rose 3% to £23.56 an hour. This has come alongside councils now providing many more people with care.
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