Call for input: Inquiry into adult social care

24 Jun 2016 01:41 PM

Give us your views and help shape techUK's response to the CLG Committee inquiry.

Earlier this month the Communities and Local Government Select Committee launched an inquiry into adult social care. In particular the Committee will look at:

• The impact of the 2015 Spending Review and Local Government Finance Settlement, including the two per cent council tax precept, the Better Care Fund, and the National Living Wage, on whether the funding available for social care is sufficient to enable local authorities to fulfil their duties under the Care Act 2014 to assess and meet the needs of people in need of care and support
• The role of carers in providing adult social care, the relationship between local authorities and carers and whether the funding available is sufficient for local authorities to assess and meet their needs
• The effect of local authority adult social care commissioning practices and market oversight functions on their local social care markets
• Innovative approaches to the design and delivery of adult social care, for example use of digital technology, and the progress made by local authorities and health services to deliver integrated health and social care by 2020, and the expected outcomes

techUK will be making a short submission to the inquiry, which will build on our Personal Digital Care report as well as relevant Government reports expected in the coming weeks.

If you would like to submit views to inform techUK’s response, please email felicity.cooke@techuk.org and healthcare@techuk.org by Friday 29 July 2016.We will then circulate a draft to interested parties in advance of the final submission.