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CARE & SUPPORT ALLIANCE

WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE ADULT SOCIAL CARE

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THE CARE AND SUPPORT ALLIANCE’S RESPONSE TO THE SPRING STATEMENT

In response to today’s Spring Statement, Caroline Abrahams, co-chair of the Care
and Support Alliance and charity director of Age UK said: “It is widely agreed
that the social care system is engulfed in crisis and so disabled people, older
people and their families and carers will be disappointed that there was nothing
in today’s Spring Statement offering any immediate relief.

Whenever the urgent need for more money for social care is raised with the
Government the response back is that a Social Care Green Paper is in the process
of being developed. But the promise of jam tomorrow won’t stop care services
going bust and front line staff walking away in favour of better paid, less
demanding jobs today. So the Spring Statement was a big missed opportunity so
far as social care is concerned.”

Posted in News on March 13, 2018 by careandsupportalliance. Leave a comment
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VICKY MCDERMOTT ELECTED CHAIR OF THE CSA

The Care and Support Alliance has today elected a new Chair, the Chief Executive
of Papworth Trust Vicky McDermott. She replaces Richard Hawkes of Scope who
stepped down in May. Sue Brown, Head of Public Policy at Sense will remain the
Vice-Chair.

She takes over as Chair at a crucial time with a new Government just elected a
little over a month ago. The scale of the challenge to social care is clear and
the Alliance will continue its call on the Government for decisive action to
fill the £4.3 million black hole in social care funding. This is particularly
important ahead of next month’s emergency budget and with the comprehensive
spending review in the spring

Vicky McDermott said:
“I am delighted to have been elected to lead the 80 organisations of the Care
and Support Alliance. By working together we have a much stronger voice in
influencing much needed changes in social care. It is such an important time to
be taking on this role, as the Alliance shapes its plans for working with the
new Government and builds upon strong relationships with decision makers.”

Vice-Chair of the Care and Support Alliance Sue Brown said:
“I am delighted that Vicky has been elected as Chair of the Care and Support
Alliance. In the last two years, with Richard Hawkes as Chair the alliance has
gone from strength to strength, and I would like to thank Richard for the work
he has put in to make this happen. I look forward to working with Vicky and I am
sure that with her as Chair this success will continue.”

Posted in Home on June 23, 2015 by careandsupportalliance. Leave a comment

AGE UK REPORT “REVEALS SCALE OF SOCIAL CARE CRISIS” (21 JANUARY)

Responding to the publication of new figures by Age UK showing the extent of
cuts to the social care system, Richard Hawkes, Chair of the Care and Support
Alliance, which represents more than 75 charities, said:

“These alarming figures reveal the scale of the crisis facing the social care
system.

“Every day, our organisations hear horror stories of people who struggle to get
the support they need.

“One in three people have experience of the social care system. Chronic
underfunding has left hundreds of thousands of older and disabled people, who
need support to do the basics, like getting up or out of the house, cut out of
the care system.

“People become isolated, can’t live on their own and slip into crisis. The
impact is now being felt throughout the health service which is being forced to
pick up the pieces.This also has a huge impact on carers, who we know are
struggling right now.

“Chronic underfunding has seen dramatic year-on-year rationing of support for
older and disabled people and their carers, excluding hundreds of thousands of
people from the support they desperately need.

“As more and more of us need care, and fewer and fewer of us get it. Social
care is now an election issue and all parties need to commit to serious
investment in care, as well as in the health system. As health experts argue,
anything else is a false economy.”

Posted in News on January 21, 2015 by careandsupportalliance. Leave a comment

CHRONIC UNDERFUNDING IN SOCIAL CARE ADDING TO A&E PRESSURES AS WAITING TIMES HIT
RECORD HIGH (6 JAN 2015)

Responding to the publication today (6 January) by NHS England of A&E waiting
times in the week before Christmas, Richard Hawkes, Chair of the Care & Support
Alliance, which represents more than 75 of leading Britain’s charities, said:

“These statistics reflect the huge pressure not just on the health service but
also the ongoing squeeze in council-funded social care. Chronic underfunding has
left hundreds of thousands of older and disabled people, who need support to do
the basics, like getting up or out of the house, cut out of the care system.

“This has a knock on effect on the health service that is forced to pick up the
pieces when people become isolated, can’t live on their own and slip into
crisis.

“Every day, our organisations hear horror stories of people who struggle to get
the support they need. This also has a huge impact on carers, who we know are
struggling right now. Chronic underfunding has seen dramatic year-on-year
rationing of social care support for older and disabled people and their carers,
excluding thousands from the support they desperately need.

“As more and more of us need care, and fewer and fewer of us get it, the
Government needs to fund care properly, as well as the health system. As health
experts argue, anything else is a false economy.”

For media enquiries please contact James Gosling at the Sense press office on
0207 014 9379.

NHS England weekly A&E figures for the weeks ending December 21st 2014 and
December 28th 2014: http://www.england.nhs.uk/2015/01/06/ae-festive-period/

Posted in News on January 6, 2015 by careandsupportalliance. Leave a comment

SQUEEZE ON SOCIAL CARE INTENSIFIES PRESSURE ON NHS: EMERGENCY ADMISSIONS AT
RECORD HIGH (19 DECEMBER)

NHS England have today (19 December) released their weekly ‘winter health
check’, the last of 2014, further revealing the pressure that the NHS is
currently under.

Emergency admissions in the last week are at their highest number since records
began over a decade ago, with 111,062 patients being admitted to A&E. The NHS
also experienced very high levels of attendance this week, with 440,428 patients
attending A&E – up more than 24,000 on the same week last year.

For the full statistics:
http://www.england.nhs.uk/2014/12/19/winter-health-chck-19-12/

Responding to the latest figures Richard Hawkes, Chair of the Care & Support
Alliance, said:

“The pressure on our health system is being intensified by the squeeze on
council-funded local care.

“Chronic underfunding has left hundreds of thousands of older and disabled
people, who need support to do the basics, like getting up or out of the house,
cut out of the care system. The impact is now being felt throughout the health
and care system, and the health service is forced to pick up the pieces when
people become isolated, can’t live on their own and slip into crisis.

Posted in News on December 19, 2014 by careandsupportalliance. Leave a comment

THE TELEGRAPH LAUNCHES JUSTICE FOR THE ELDERLY CAMPAIGN: CSA RESPONSE (13
DECEMBER 2014)

On 13 December, the Telegraph newspaper launched their Justice for the
Elderly campaign, demanding ‘radical reforms to ensure that elderly and disabled
people are treated with dignity in a care system the public can trust’.

The campaign is calling for:

* Proper training for care workers
* Properly licensed and paid care workers
* Better regulation of care services
* A new, national, highly publicised care advice service

Find out more about the
campaign here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/11292329/Justice-for-the-Elderly-The-Telegraphs-goals.html

In response, Richard Hawkes, Chair of the Care & Support Alliance said:

“The care system is on its knees.

“One-in-three people have experience of care – but polling shows that the public
has no confidence in the system.

“Standards in the care system are a serious issue, but only one part of the
problem.

“The bigger issue is that chronic underfunding has seen dramatic year-on-year
rationing of social care support for older and disabled people.

“Every day, our organisations hear horror stories of people who struggle to get
the support they need to simply to get up, get dressed and get out of the house.
This has a huge impact on carers, who we know are struggling right now.

“The health service picks up the pieces when people become isolated, can’t live
on their own and slip into crisis.

Posted in News on December 15, 2014 by careandsupportalliance. Leave a comment

CSA RESPONSE TO AUTUMN STATEMENT COMMITMENT TO EXTRA NHS FUNDING (3
DECEMBER 2014)

Today the Chancellor, George Osborne, confirmed £2bn of extra annual funding for
the national health service in his Autumn Statement.

The £2bn, to be introduced from April 2015, includes:

* £300m new funding for GPs to invest in their facilities and develop a wider
range of care and treatment outside hospitals.
* £1bn from underspending by other Whitehall departments.
* £700m to be allocated to NHS England for frontline services, from the
existing Department of Health budget,

Responding to the announcement, Richard Hawkes, Chair of the Care & Support
Alliance, said:

“The Autumn Statement brings another pre-election promise on NHS spending.

“But as health experts argue, it’s a false economy without investment in care.

“Chronic underfunding has seen dramatic year-on-year rationing of social care
support for older and disabled people.

“Every day, our organisations hear horror stories of people who struggle to get
the support they need to simply get up, get dressed and get out of the house.
This has a huge impact on carers, who we know are struggling right now.

“The health service picks up the pieces when people become isolated, can’t live
on their own and slip into crisis.

“One-in-three people have experience of care – but polling shows the public has
no confidence in the system. Along with health, it’s voters’ top priority for
investment.

“The Health Secretary underlined its importance on Monday, but care was
conspicuous by its absence in the Autumn Statement.

“As more and more of us need care, and fewer and fewer of us get it, the
Government needs to fund care properly, as well the health system.”

Posted in News on December 3, 2014 by careandsupportalliance. 1 Comment

CAREWENEED.COM: SEE THE FACTS AND COMPARE YOUR VIEWS ON CARE

The Care & Support Alliance has developed an online tool which reveals key
statistics about social care in each constituency in England.

Simply type in your postcode and find out how many older people, disabled people
and carers live in your area to gain an idea of how crucial social care is to so
many people.

We commissioned a YouGov survey which asked over 4,500 people across England
what they thought about the state of care services for older and disabled people
and how such support should be funded. You can take the survey and compare your
results to other people in your area, of your age, or voting
intention: www.careweneed.com

We launched the site at the political party conferences this autumn, where
hundreds of MPs and other visitors engaged with the data on interactive screens
at our exhibition stand.

The findings of our polling demonstrate that care is not just of crucial
importance to hundreds of thousands of people, but a real election issue.

Chronic under-funding of social care over the last five years has led to a
tightening of eligibility, which has seen fewer and fewer people getting the
support they desperately need. Councils report that some £3.5bn has come out of
the care system. In October, the Government published new national eligibility
criteria for care under the Care Act reforms, which come into effect in April
2015. Research by the London School of Economics indicates that 340,000 people –
who struggle to live independently – could be locked out of the new care system
as a result of the changes.

Our polling
The YouGov poll we commissioned in September this year was one largest
independent surveys of public attitudes to social care to date. The message from
the public was loud and unanimous: people are not confident they will receive
the care they might need and increased government expenditure on social care is
their top priority along with health services. Check out the full findings here.

Posted in News on November 5, 2014 by careandsupportalliance. Leave a comment

CSA RESPONSE TO BETTER CARE FUND ANNOUNCEMENT (30 OCTOBER 2014)

Today (30 October), the Department of Communities and Local Government, and the
Department of Health, approved local plans for Better Care Fund (BCF) spending
and announced further money for the scheme following increased investment from
local authorities.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/better-care-plans-to-help-elderly-and-reduce-hospital-visits#

The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, wrote in the Telegraph
yesterday that the £5.3 billion – an increase from the initial £3.8bn – will be
invested in 151 plans across the country to help keep elderly people healthy at
home, and avoid needless admissions to hospitals and care homes.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11196762/NHS-basic-model-to-change-pledges-Jeremy-Hunt.html

Responding to this announcement, Richard Hawkes, Chair of the Care & Support
Alliance, said:

“The Better Care Fund is a bold and ambitious bid to address the crisis in care
and move us closer to a preventive, more integrated, system that keeps people
out of A&E and living independently.

“But the real issue is that chronic underfunding has seen a year-on-year
rationing of support, which will not be addressed by this fund.

“The only long-term solution to the care crisis is a longer term investment in
the overall funding for adult social care.

“The Barker Commission experts argue that as a country we can afford it.

“In fact we can’t afford not to. Every day, our 76 organisations hear horror
stories of older and disabled people who struggle to get the support they need
to simply get up, get dressed and get out of the house. This has a huge impact
on carers, who we know are struggling right now.

“Care – along with the NHS – is now undoubtedly an election issue. Our recent
survey shows the public has lost confidence in the current system. It shows
care, along with health, is where the public want the Government to invest
more.”

For more information, please visit http://careandsupportalliance.com/

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of Health, Jeremy Hunt, local authorities, social care on October 30, 2014 by
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CSA MEMBERS RESPOND TO THE GOVERNMENT’S NEW NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR
CARE (23 OCT 2014)

Age UK

Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director at Age UK, said:

“It is hugely disappointing that the new national eligibility criteria fail to
give more people access to care. The care system is in a desperate place with
funding failing to keep pace with rising demand. As a result, care is now
restricted to only those in the greatest need. The situation is bleak for those
older people who need help with everyday tasks –they are being denied their
dignity and peace of mind when they are most vulnerable but without help could
well end up in hospital. .

“Everyday day there is another horror story of an older person failed by the
system and sadly things will not improve until the social care funding gap is
filled. Politicians in every party need to recognise this and commit to action
as an urgent priority.”

Alzheimer’s Society

Responding to the new national eligibility framework, Jeremy Hughes, Chief
Executive at Alzheimer’s Society said:

‘In setting the eligibility criteria for council-funded social care so high
thousands of people with dementia will be cut off from the vital support they
need and deserve. It is absurd logic that services which help prevent people
from reaching crisis point are given such low priority. People with dementia
shouldn’t be waiting for an emergency until someone steps in – our care services
should be working to prevent that crisis from happening.

‘Without hard cash the black hole in social care finances will suck the
potential out of this opportunity for transformative change and we will continue
to see people with dementia struggling to live from day-to-day.’

Independent Age

Care Act 2014 (part 1): In response to today’s publication of statutory guidance
and response to consultation, Janet Morrison, Chief Executive of Independent Age
said:

“We welcome the new rules to support the Care Act, in particular the
strengthening of protection for families from having to pay unfair top-up fees
for relatives’ care home costs. We also welcome the requirement for councils to
improve information and advice services on care issues. However we think the
government has missed an opportunity to liberalise the rules on who is eligible
for social care, meaning that an estimated 235,000 older people will continue to
be outside the system and need to either pay for care themselves, receive it
from friends and families – or go without. This is shortsighted because many of
those outside the care systems may as a result need to draw on health and other
services earlier as a result”

Midland Heart

Ruth Cooke, CEO Midland Heart, in support of the Care & Support Alliance, said:

“We know that increasing demand and falling resources will together unhinge the
aspirations of the new care reforms. This pressure means that the bar to
accessing services is being raised.

“We are a provider of early intervention services for many vulnerable people and
see the very positive difference preventative services can make. Its about
helping an individual live with dignity and independence in their own home.

“With more people excluded from the care system, we will see countless older and
disabled customers unable to get the vital services they need and they will
simply hit crisis point.

“We need a bigger, honest whole system debate on making prevention truly work –
it’s a debate about funding, eligibility, integration and wellbeing.”

Mind

Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind, the mental health charity, said: “Social
care isn’t just for older people or those with physical disabilities. It can
play a vital role in keeping people with mental health problems well and able to
cope.

“We welcome some of the provisions in the guidance and regulations, in
particular the inclusion of support for people to maintain and stay in their
home. This will particularly help people with mental health problems and was
something we have been campaigning for.

“However, without more funding in the system many people with mental health
problems will be denied access to the care and support they need. A very low
level of relatively inexpensive support with managing bills, doing the weekly
food shop or getting out and socialising with others can make sure someone stays
on their feet and manages their mental health problems well. Take that away and
people can descend into illness, unable to get out of bed, wash, dress, get to
work or maintain relationships. This has serious implications for other parts of
the system such the NHS, as people reach crisis point and need much more
intensive and expensive hospital or home-based health care.

“As NHS England today highlights, our NHS is straining at the seams. Mental
health services in particular are struggling to cope with the numbers of people
seeking support and the government would be well-advised to consider the
long-term implications of denying thousands of people the basic social care
support they need. A little initial investment will not only save money in the
long run – it will save lives.”

Sense

Threshold for social care “far too high”

National deafblind charity Sense today (23 October) warned that many disabled
and older people will miss out on services they desperately need following the
Government’s publication of the regulations that set out who is eligible for
social care from 2015 under the new Care Act.

Sue Brown, Head of Campaigns and Public Policy at Sense, said:

“The Care Act is an incredible opportunity for politicians to finally get social
care right in the UK. However under the regulations released today the threshold
for people to become eligible for social care is set far too high. As a result,
many disabled and older people will miss out on the services they desperately
need for day-to-day life. It is also vital that the Government releases enough
funds for local authorities to provide the right level of support for what is
currently a chronically underfunded system. Otherwise the Care Act will be built
on sand.

“Inadequate social care has a knock on effect and results in further demands on
the NHS. For example, the deafblind people we support can become more
susceptible to falls or require hospital treatment because they didn’t get the
support they needed from social care. The Government must act and provide the
funding that will allow disabled people to receive adequate care.”

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