'Far Too Long To Wait': Ministers Slammed As Social Care Reforms Delayed Until 2028

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "The investment and reforms we're announcing today will help to modernise social care, get it working more closely with the NHS, and help deliver our plan for change.
56% : "This commission will simply confirm what we already know - how many more reports must we endure before action is taken?" Hugh Alderwick, director of policy at The Health Foundation, said: "The adult social care system in England desperately needs reform after decades of political neglect and underfunding, so the government's promise of a plan for social care is welcome.
50% : Sarah Woolnough, chief executive at The King's Fund, said: "The current timetable to report by 2028 is far too long to wait for people who need social care, and their families.
49% : "Today's announcement suggests it may be three years before we see recommendations for longer term reform, including to the broken funding system for social care.
41% : Ministers have been criticised after it emerged long-promised reforms to social care have been delayed by at least another three years.
41% : " Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, said: "This announcement acknowledges the decade-long crisis in social care, but it risks becoming yet another report that gathers dust while the sector crumbles.

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