Responding to the chancellor’s Spring Statement, Julie Bass, chief executive of health and social care provider Turning Point, said:
The chancellor’s Spring Statement confirmed a harsh reality for both people in receipt of social care and care providers.
While we welcome the investment in employment support, the government’s planned cuts to welfare are a significant source of anxiety for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions.
Minimum wage rates and employer National Insurance contributions increase from next month and, unlike other parts of the economy, we are much more limited in our ability to increase prices.
While we understand the fact that that the chancellor’s plans are driven by geopolitical instability and weak economic performance, from where we sit it feels like an already precarious social care sector is being pushed to the brink.
This blog was originally published by Turning Point. You can read the original post here.
DDN magazine is a free publication self-funded through advertising.
We are proud to work in partnership with many of the leading charities and treatment providers in the sector.
This content was created by Turning Point