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Caring for our Future Care & Support Bill 2012 Presentation to Health & Adult Services Select Committee 12 September 2012

Background to the reforms Law Commission Dilnot Commission Care & Support Position Statement White Paper on Funding of Social Care Care & Support Bill

Timetable ¡ From now: Period of consultation and debate ¡ Late 2013: Introduction of the Bill to Parliament ¡ Autumn 2014: Expected Royal Assent ¡ April 2015: Introduction of the measures

Funding issues The Government’s response to the Dilnot Commission

Accepting the case for change ¡ Care costs: unpredictable, can be very high ¡ People cannot protect themselves financially ¡ System complex and difficult to understand ¡ Need to create a market in financial services ¡ Need to ensure that the system is adequately funded Wikimedia Commons

The debates that remain ¡ Government agrees Dilnot Commission principles ¡ Capped costs ¡ Extended (i.e. more generous) means test ¡ Debates remain about ¡ Who should contribute to the cost ¡ What the level of state liability should be ¡ Action taken ¡ Additional investment (ca. £2.3m p.a. to B&D) ¡ Inclusion of other specific recommendations in Care & Support Bill

Care & Support Bill The proposals for Adult Social Care from April 2015

Duties and powers ¡ Duty around prevention and early intervention ¡ Duty to join up housing and social care ¡ Safeguarding Adults Board now statutory

Financial announcements ¡ No very significant amounts of money offered ¡ Ensuring services continue if provider goes out of business ¡ e.g. Southern Cross care home group ¡ Emphasis on ‘social action’ to support prevention agenda

Changing the system ¡ National minimum eligibility threshold ¡ Portable entitlements ¡ Entitlement to personal budget ¡ Option to borrow care costs against the value of a home ¡ Council will be able to add interest ¡ Right to assessment for more carers ¡ Clearer entitlement to support for carers’ own wellbeing Google Maps

Workforce and information ¡ Chief Social Worker ¡ More care apprenticeships ¡ New code of conduct, minimum training standards ¡ National information website and more advice for care planning

Some reactions “ “ Every day without a funding decision is The success of longevity and an ageing population means another day where people, including those with dementia, face huge costs that soaring care costs are ” inevitable and a no-cost option for often substandard care. “ ” does not exist. Jeremy Hughes Chief Executive Richard Humphries The Alzheimer’s Society Senior Fellow “ The King’s Fund To make the rights in the new draft care e h and support bill a reality, what carers t t a h t e v e a i e l u t b o e t W e s w o n s also need is a social care system with a h t n e m n l r i l e w v o t a g h t m r o f the resources to overcome years of e r r o f k o r e w e h m t n a o r f t c a p m i ” chronic underfunding and rapidly e v i t s i o p a g n ” e i v n a r h a e l a h t w i growing demand. e p l o e p f o s s e e v l i i m i l a f r i e h t d n a y i t i l b a s d i Heléna Herklots Mark Goldring Chief Executive Chief Executive CarersUK Mencap

Some reactions “ The government has endorsed the principle of “ capped exposure, and the proposals brought forward today, that’s quite a fundamental however measured and helpful, cannot and important step compensate for the absence of a forward. I personally think ” fundamental resourcing solution which it’s essential we get a will need to sit alongside new ways of settlement of this. working with the NHS through joint commissioning and service reform. ” Norman Lamb, New Minister for Sarah Pickup Care Services President Association of Directors of Adult Social Services s u s e k Health a t t “ n e m e Service t a t s g , n n i r d e Journal d n u o f m e a h t w m , r o e e v h t s e n y w i s o d e r H a r a w c r o l a f i c r e o s d h t n r e a u l b f ” s a r o e t n c s i d u e … r p d d e n c a r e u e v l o i b s f a e r t e s r y h t l r r u e f p o a r t p s a e e b l n t a p a c e i h c a s d f d r a l u h o d c n s a r y e r t a n i c a t r e c n u f o s r a The Local Government e y Association statement

Questions and discussion