Raise pay, cut charges and provide rights to support: report for ADASS sets roadmap for ‘saving social care’

Care worker pay should be raised, charges for services cut and people be provided with clear rights to support as part of a shift to a more personalised, accessible and fair adult social care system, set out today.
However, significant investment and political will are required to realise this ambition from a context of significant unmet need, workforce shortages and lack of choice for people needing care and carers, said the study, commissioned by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Se