We have reported before on the prevalence of short-term, one-off funding for local authorities and recommended that government explore ways to provide greater confidence over long-term funding.31 With regard to adult social care, this lack of financial certainty has constrained local authorities’ and providers’ ability to plan for the longer term, and caused investment in areas such as staff training, new accommodation and technological innovation to suffer.32 Local authorities have continued...

We have reported before on the prevalence of short-term, one-off funding for local authorities and recommended that government explore ways to provide greater confidence over long-term funding.31 With regard to adult social care, this lack of financial certainty has constrained local authorities’ and providers’ ability to plan for the longer term, and caused investment in areas such as staff training, new accommodation and technological innovation to suffer.32 Local authorities have continued to report financial pressures and last year just under one-fifth of directors responsible for social care reported they were not confident they could me Type: conclusion | Number: 15 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 3.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented 3.2 The department is making good progress towards the 10-year vision for adult social care set out in the People at the Heart of Care white paper. The department is learnin