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Adult social care funding
— 2016 state of the nation report | | Corporate Author | Local Government Association - LGA |
| Publisher | Local Government Association, London, November 2016 |
| Pages | 34 pp |
| Source | Link to downlaod: http://www.local.gov.uk/web/guest/publications/-/j... |
| Keywords | Services ; Health services ; Local Authority ; Costs [care] ; Public expenditure cuts ; England. |
| Annotation | The Local Government Association (LGA) the LGA estimates that, by 2019/20, local government will face a funding gap of £5.8 billion. Councils with adult social care responsibilities spend a minimum of 30% to 35% of their total budgets on adult social care. The LGA estimates that adult social care faces a funding gap of £1.3 billion by the end of the decade. This report notes the views of organisations across the care and support sector on the consequences of funding pressures. In anticipation of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement on 23 November 2016, individuals across the sector representing elected Council members, carers, inspectors, service providers, workforce support, personalised care and health care offer their perspectives on the state of adult social care funding. The report concludes by summarising findings from an IPSOS-Mori poll on the perceptions of 1,785 people: only 16% of those polled correctly identified that adult social care accounts for around 35% of an average council's budget. More than half of respondents thought the proportion was only 15%; and 60% thought that spend on adult social care accounted for more of the total combined £129 billion spend on health and social care than is the case. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-161121001 B |
| Classmark | I: L: PE: QDC: WN8:5YD: 82 |
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