LGA responds to Lord Darzi Review of Health and Care

Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, responds to the Lord Darzi Review of Health and Care (interim report), published by the Institute for Public Policy Research.

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“We are pleased to see this latest considered assessment of the state of health and social care, which raises further and much-needed awareness of the critical need to resolve the long-term financial sustainability of these essential services.

“The report shows that councils have continued to deliver high quality and effective care, despite significant funding, demand and resource pressures. The task becomes ever harder as those pressures continue to mount.

“The forecast that adult social care will need an extra £10 billion by 2030 just to maintain existing service provision – a more dire position than that facing the NHS – must serve as a wake-up call for concerted action to address the serious financial challenges adult social care is experiencing now and will continue to face in years to come without a sustainable funding solution. This action requires consensus and cross-party support from across the political divide.

“We look forward to seeing the final report and its recommendations on the future funding and reform of health and social care.”