Carers are picking up the pieces of a broken system – change is needed now

Responding to the publication of the Health and Social Care Committee’s Report ‘Adult Social Care Reform: the cost of inaction’,  Dominic Carter, Carers Trust Director of Policy and Public Affairs said: 

“The committee’s report makes clear that the Casey Commission missed an early opportunity to recognise and value unpaid carers and the need to properly support them. Every day we hear how carers – and the vital services trying so hard to support them - are being pushed to the brink. Things have to change and fast. 

“A lack of support for carers comes at a cost to carers and the taxpayer.  A failure to properly fund adult social care leaves millions of carers with no choice but to pick up the pieces of a broken system. Carers, of all ages as highlighted by the Committee, deserve better.   

“It is vital now that Government and Commission both listen and act on the findings of this inquiry.” 
 
The Health and Social Care Committee’s report ‘Adult Social Care Reform: the cost of inaction’, will be published here at 00.01 on Monday 5 May.