MPs questioned Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock on the government’s plans for a long-term solution on social care reform.
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- Inquiry: Social care: funding and workforce
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Purpose of the session
It was the final session in the inquiry into social care funding and workforce which aimed to establish how much extra money the Government needs to allocate to social care if pressures on the NHS are to be reduced. As well as future funding, the session also focused on wider reform of the sector, its workforce and the recruitment of workers from overseas.
Representatives of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and the Local Government Association also gave evidence. The inquiry has taken a broad range of evidence in previous sessions including the experiences of those who depend on social care and heard from economist Sir Andrew Dilnot, the architect of planned reforms on its funding.
The Committee also put questions to the Secretary of State relating to its ongoing health and social care inquiries.
Witnesses
Tuesday 8th September 2020
At 10.00am
- James Bullion, President, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
- Sarah Pickup, Deputy Chief Executive, Local Government Association
From approx. 10.45am
- Rt Hon Matt Hancock, Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care
