'A crisis is unfolding'...adult social care's hanging by a thread

SOCIAL care is teetering on the brink of collapse and needs "immediate intervention", a damning report warns today.

- Hanna Geissler

The situation was called a "crisis unfolding in real time" that has left "social care hanging by a thread".

A survey of 200 providers by Care England and disability charity Hft found that 90% said workforce costs were among their top three financial pressures.

And an overwhelming 95% said Labour's planned increase in the national living wage was their deepest concern.

Shortfalls in fee increases from local authorities mean most care organisations will have to absorb the cost, the charities said.

Consequences

Care England chief executive Professor Martin Green said: "Providers face impossible choices - absorbing unsustainable costs, changing their care models, cutting back on services, or shutting their doors entirely.