The Care Provider Alliance (CPA) shared the devastating findings from a comprehensive survey of over 1,180 care and support providers, revealing the social care sector faces potential collapse due to the combined impact of National Insurance changes and National Living Wage increases announced in the recent Budget. This has terrible consequences for the many hundreds of thousands of people aged 18 and over, who every day rely on good quality social care – be it residential care, supported living, extra-care, homecare or specialist support.
Key findings show that without immediate government intervention:
- 73% will have to refuse new care packages from local authorities or the NHS.
- 57% will hand back existing contracts to local authorities or the NHS.
- 77% will have to draw on reserves.
- 64% will have to make staff redundant.
As a member of the Alliance, we are calling on the government to either exempt social care providers from additional National Insurance contributions or provide targeted financial support.
Click here to read the letter to the Prime Minister and the letter to key stakeholders in the health and social care sector.
