October 2020
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***Full-scale policy conference taking place online***
This conference is discussing the next steps for adult social care in England, bringing together key stakeholders and policymakers.
The discussion at a glance:
- policy - priorities for adult social care reform
- services - key issues for delivery and integration
- the workforce - recruitment, development, retention and support
- funding - the way forward for a long term solution to resources, support and service provision in social care, examining initiatives at the highest levels of government
- COVID-19:
- impact - as well as the sector’s response, and what has been learned for the future
- outstanding issues - resilience in the sector, particularly with regard to safety, liability, workforce issues and financial stability, for example reacting to rising insurance premiums
A scan of relevant developments:
- funding:
- policy development - creating a sustainable solution going forward, the finalisation of plans and moves to build a cross-party consensus signalled in PM Economy Speech: 30 June 2020
- The Health and Social Care Committee reopens inquiry on identifying social care funding gap - as well as an inquiry on staff burnout - looking at
- reforms that might be needed to the social care funding system in the long term
- how much might need to be spent to counteract pressures on availability of care
- workforce shortages, potential changes in the coming years and solutions to address shortages
- local government concerns - warnings of a £4bn gap in social care funding by 2025 from the LGA
- council spending - MHCLG findings that almost half of councils overspend their adult social care budgets, outlined in Local authority capital expenditure and receipts in England
- COVID-19:
- COVID-19: our action plan for adult social care - from the DHSC
- Update on policies for visiting arrangements in care homes - government guidance officially allowing further visits to care homes, with a local approach to monitoring risk and allowing visits
- Sharing insight, asking questions, encouraging collaboration: CQC publishes first insight document on COVID-19 pressures
- Management of the Coronavirus Outbreak - the Health and Social Care Select Committee continuing their inquiry
- Readying the NHS and adult social care in England for COVID-19 - the NAO report on preparations, including findings on PPE stockpiling and hospital patients being discharged to care homes
- the Life Assurance Scheme - announced by the Health Secretary for families of health and social care workers who die from COVID-19
- the Immigration Health Surcharge - an exemption for some frontline care workers from
The agenda:
- Key challenges facing the adult social care sector: funding, workforce development and retention and COVID-19
- The impact of COVID-19 on adult social care
- Improving services, collaboration and patient and service user care
- Creating a sustainably funded adult social care system
- Approaches to funding and priorities for a cross-party consensus on adult social care reform
- Next steps for policy and social care reform
Policy officials attending:
Our forums are known for attracting strong interest from policymakers and stakeholders.
This conference is no different. Places have been reserved by parliamentary pass-holders from both Houses of Parliament, and a range of officials from the DHSC; the DWP; the Health and Safety Executive; and the Competition and Markets Authority.
This is a full-scale conference taking place online***
- full, four-hour programme including comfort breaks - you’ll also get a full recording to refer back to
- information-rich discussion involving key policymakers and stakeholders
- conference materials provided in advance, including speaker biographies
- speakers presenting via webcam, accompanied by slides if they wish, using the Cisco WebEx professional online conference platform (easy for delegates - we’ll provide full details)
- opportunities for live delegate questions and comments with all speakers
- a recording of the addresses, all slides cleared by speakers, and further materials, is made available to all delegates afterwards as a permanent record of the proceedings
- delegates are able to add their own written comments and articles following the conference, to be distributed to all attendees and more widely
- networking too - there will be opportunities for delegates to e-meet and interact - we’ll tell you how!
Full information and guidance on how to take part will be sent to delegates before the conference
