T H E P U B L I C AT I O N F O R N U R S I N G A N D R E S I D E N T I A L C A R E H O M E S Issue 115
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Sector Urges Liz Truss to Act Fast as Previous Reforms “Will Not and Cannot Fix Social Care”
CAMPAIGNERS have urged the new Prime Minister Liz Truss to make the crisis in the care of the country’s oldest and most vulnerable people a top priority. The reforms, that Boris Johnson previously announced, will not and cannot ‘fix social care’ because they don’t improve the quality and availability of care, sector leaders say, adding that the new Prime Minister must go further. The Independent Care Group (ICG) has sent an urgent letter to Liz Truss calling on her to take emergency measures to save the social care sector which has been battered by Covid-19, a severe staffing shortage and now the cost-of-living crisis. The ICG wants the new Prime Minister to: · Include care and nursing homes in the price cap for energy prices
· Grant people living in care settings utility bill rebates · Help domiciliary providers tackle huge fuel costs · Urgently move money from the Health and Social Care levy to support care and nursing homes and homecare providers · Carry out root and branch reform of social care for the 1.6m who can’t get care at the moment · Provide better pay and opportunities for care staff to tackle the current staffing crisis · Utilise the expertise available in the social care sector to tackle the crisis.
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