US EditionDoing nothing on social care 'untenable', MPs warn
- Cross-Party MPs published a report on 4 May 2025 warning that doing nothing on social care reform in England is untenable and costly.
- The warning follows the launch of an independent commission chaired by Baroness Louise Casey, amid concerns that failure to measure the cost of inaction risks dooming reforms.
- The report highlights £32 billion spent on adult social care annually, with two million older and 1.5 million working-age people unmet, care workers underpaid, and unpaid carers supplying hours equivalent to a second NHS.
- MPs called for clear data on unmet care needs and delayed NHS discharges, noting that a £1 billion investment could create 50,000 jobs and yield a 175% return to the economy.
- The report suggests phased reforms over a decade, but voices warn a 2036 timeline is too late, and without urgent action, the system's failings will persist, burdening taxpayers and vulnerable people.
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UpstractDoing nothing on social care 'untenable', MPs warn
A failure to fix England’s social care system is costing the country in financial and human terms, cross-party MPs have warned.Doing nothing to reform social care for older and disabled adults is an “active” and “untenable” decision, according to a report from Health and Social Care Select Committee.It says successive governments have put too much emphasis on the cost of reforming the system, and future plans will be doomed to fail unless the go…
Evening Standard
perspectivemedia.comMPs warn social care reforms ‘doomed to fail’ without ‘robust financial case’
The report comes just days after the formal launch of the Casey Commission into adult social care.
The Sun
Elderly care review 'doomed to failure unless cost of inaction is laid bare'
Female caregiver helping and supporting senior patient to walk at home, senior women is standing and holding walking cane A NEW review into elderly care is “doomed to failure” unless the cost of inaction is laid bare, an MPs’ report says. The high cost of looking after elderly relatives, low pay for workers and reliance on unpaid family carers are key issues. The warning comes just days after the formal launch of a commission into adult social c…
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