Worsening social care funding position wreaking increased human cost, warn directors

A worsening social care funding position is wreaking an increasing human cost as councils struggle under the weight of a fragile care market, cost pressures from the NHS and short-term funding streams.
That was the sobering message of this year’s Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) budget survey, which found that just 35% of directors were fully confident budgets would be sufficient to meet statutory requirements during 2019-20.
Since 2010-11, directors report ha