Autumn Statement 2023 Representation by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)

The ADASS report Time to act: A roadmap for reforming care and support in England stated that for carers ‘We want to move from a situation in which many family carers have to care out of necessity, and do so without the financial, practical or emotional support they need. [...] • Investing in care and support at home and community to avoid the need for institutional care, including promoting a full range of housing options to enable people to live in safe and appropriate accommodation. [...] This is significant for the future wellbeing of people in crisis both in terms of avoiding the need for hospital and in supporting people home afterwards and is worthy of evaluation in much more detail and then significant investment from both the NHS and government. [...] This despite Government providing adult social care with access to additional funding through the Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund, Social Care Grant (shared with Children’s Social Care), Discharge Grant (shared with NHS) and the ability for councils to increase the adult social care precept by up to 2%. [...] These challenges have a direct impact on the ability of adult social care to be able to deliver on its legal duties, including those set out in the Care Act, to the detriment people with care and support needs, their carers and families.