We do not wish to pit the NHS and adult social care against one another. The two systems are interdependent and each needs to be adequately funded to reduce pressure on the other. Wherever the money comes from—from allocating a higher proportion of levy proceeds to social care, or from central government grants—the Government urgently needs to allocate more funding to adult social care in the order of several billions each year, at least £7 billion.

We do not wish to pit the NHS and adult social care against one another. The two systems are interdependent and each needs to be adequately funded to reduce pressure on the other. Wherever the money comes from—from allocating a higher proportion of levy proceeds to social care, or from central government grants—the Government urgently needs to allocate more funding to adult social care in the order of several billions each year, at least £7 billion. Type: conclusion | Number: 6 | Paragraph: 40 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The government recognises the committee’s concerns around the impact of charging reforms on social care assessors. As set out above, we listened to the concerns of local government and took the difficult decision to delay the planned adult social care charging reforms. Local authorities made signifi