This week, a Panorama investigation found that care firms have cancelled contracts with 95 UK councils, due to a shortfall in funding for the services they are expected to deliver. Many home care companies say their biggest problem is recruitment and retention of carers, which has had a knock-on effect with bed-blocking in hospitals; more than 6,500 elderly people are stuck in an acute hospital bed despite being well enough to leave. With demand growing, it is estimated that at least two million more carers will be needed by 2025 in England alone, in both in-home care and care homes.
The Panorama episode aired on this topic can be viewed online. This video gives an overview of the upcoming changes to the social care common inspection framework coming into play in April and the future of social care inspections is discussed here.
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