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Adult Social Care Facing ‘Doom Loop’ Over Tax and Wage Hikes, Stretched Council Budgets: Report

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Tax and wage hikes driving up the cost of care provision, coupled with councils’ already-stretched budgets, could lead to a “doom loop” for adult social care services where there is less help available for those who need it, a charity has warned. The King’s Fund reported on Monday that the rising cost of social care has triggered “an annual chain reaction” of increased costs. Between 2015/16 and 2023/24, care worker pay increased by 17 percent i…

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Adult Social Care Facing ‘Doom Loop’ Over Tax and Wage Hikes, Stretched Council Budgets: Report

Tax and wage hikes driving up the cost of care provision, coupled with councils’ already-stretched budgets, could lead to a “doom loop” for adult social care services where there is less help available for those who need it, a charity has warned. The King’s Fund reported on Monday that the rising cost of social care has triggered “an annual chain reaction” of increased costs. Between 2015/16 and 2023/24, care worker pay increased by 17 percent i…

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Avoid social care ‘doom loop’ says Social Care 360

Government must avert a return to a social care ‘doom loop’ of increasing costs and falling provision, says the latest Social Care 360 report. The increasing cost of paying staff has ultimately led to a fall in the number of people receiving publicly funded long-term care, according to the report's author, The King’s Fund. Social Care 360 analyses nearly a decade’s worth of data and reveals a ‘doom loop’ of rising wages, increasing fees, stretch…

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The Epoch Times broke the news in New York, United States on Monday, March 3, 2025.
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