A failure to fix the Social Assistance System of England is costing the country in financial and human terms, the cross -party parliamentarians warned.
Nothing to reform social care for older and disabled adults is an “active” and “unnecessable” decision, according to a report by the Select Committee on Health and Social Care.
He says that successive governments have placed too much emphasis on the cost of reforming the system, and future plans will be condemned to fail unless the government understands and measures the “cost of inaction.”
The Government, which has established an independent commission that has just started working, said it had “hit”, but that Acdo had “much more to do.”
“Taxpayers are currently paying £ 32 billion a year for a broken system” supported by contributions from unpaid caregivers “equivalent to a second NHS,” according to the report.
The Committee discovered that social attention is consuming a growing proportion of the Budgets of the Councils, displacing spending on other services.
He added that social care constitutes an integral part of the reforms of the NHS of the governments and cannot be a separate process.
In addition to improving the quality of care for people in need, the report found that investment in the system could also help boost economic growth.
The report said that an additional expense of £ 1 billion in social attention would create 50,000 jobs throughout the country, and that every inverted would generate a return of £ 1.75 to the economy in general.
The Committee also highlighted the lack of notable data in the system, and asked the government to publish annual evaluations of the level of care needs not met for adults, as well as annual estimates on how much the NHS delayed.
His report is produced as an independent commission of social care for adults chaired by Baroness Louise Casey begins his work. Its first report will be submitted next year, with a final report that is due in 2028.
The government said he was grateful for the committee’s work and that he would formally respond in due time.
“Far from inaction, this government has reached social attention,” said Stephen Kinnock, Minister of State for attention.
“The leg has been done a lot, but we know that there is much more to do and deep reform is needed,” he said.
