Given how fundamentally social care policies made by DHSC affect local authorities’ capacity, budgets, and residents, it is vital that DHSC and DLUHC work together closely on developing and delivering such policies. We were struck by the discrete division of answers to questions by Ministers, who rarely supplemented one another’s answers, and the separate follow-up letters that we received. The Government’s 10- year plan should be developed jointly between DHSC and DLUHC, with relevant input ...

Given how fundamentally social care policies made by DHSC affect local authorities’ capacity, budgets, and residents, it is vital that DHSC and DLUHC work together closely on developing and delivering such policies. We were struck by the discrete division of answers to questions by Ministers, who rarely supplemented one another’s answers, and the separate follow-up letters that we received. The Government’s 10- year plan should be developed jointly between DHSC and DLUHC, with relevant input from the Department for Work and Pensions. We expect the Government response to our report to show clear evidence of joint working from the departments, Type: conclusion | Number: 21 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: We are incredibly proud of all health and care staff and are grateful for their extraordinary commitment to their work. We welcome the spotlight that the pandemic shone on the heroic efforts of the adult social care workforce, and we hope this can continue t