Homecare agencies are at breaking point. Reform is long overdue | David Brindle

As one council starts paying by the minute for homecare visits, adult social care urgently needs more than a quick fixThe face of social care is changing. The steady shift away from looking after older people in residential care to supporting more of them at home is shrinking the care home sector and growing the domiciliary care market. In London, the number of homecare agencies now exceeds the number of care homes for the first time.This would be a more welcome trend if we could have greater co