The Future of the Social Care Workforce parliamentary reception
On Monday 11th July, the Adult Social Care APPG was delighted to welcome over 20 MPs including Minister for Care Gillian Keegan and Shadow Minister for Care Karin Smyth MP to a parliamentary reception on The Future of the Social Care Workforce.
The Adult Social CaRE APPG welcomes a Record Number of Parliamentary officers at its 2022 AGM
The Adult Social Care APPG welcomed a record 34 parliamentary officers to the APPG at its 2022 AGM on the 16th May 2022. The APPG will continue to be co-chaired by The Rt Hon Damian Green MP and Liz Twist MP and the APPG looks forward to working with all officers to make sure that adult social care is at the heart of political discussion over the coming year. The minutes for this AGM can be found here.
The Adult Social Care APPG hosts a roundtable on
Securing the Future of social care
Roundtable introduction
This virtual roundtable event will be hosted by the Adult Social Care APPG and brought together The Health Foundation, The Nuffield Trust, and the King’s Fund to discuss Securing the Future of Social Care in England: Priorities for Reform
APPG LAUNCHES REPORT OUTLINING ITS VISION FOR SOCIAL CARE
Today the All Party Parliamentary Group for Adult Social Care has launched its report ‘A Vision For Social Care’. This report identifies a number of key areas around which the reform of social care will achieve the sustainable and meaningful impact for people who access care and support.
This report sets out the scale and breadth of the social care system and provides a number of case studies to further illustrate the impact it makes on the economic and community well being in areas across the country. Investment in social care leads to tangible benefits in the spending power of local communities, supporting direct and associated employment and prosperity at the same time. Investment in social care makes a difference to the lives of the people supported, and the communities in which they live.
APPG on adult social care’s response to the outbreak of covid-19 in the uk
APPG CO-CHAIRS LEAD WESTMINSTER DEBATE ON SOCIAL CARE
On Thursday 22nd April 2021, two of the APPG’s Co-Chairs – The Rt. Hon. Damian Green MP & Helen Hayes MP – led a debate in the House of Commons on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Social Care Sector.
Issues raised included visitation rights to care homes, the need for a social care workforce strategy similar to the NHS People Plan and how the Covid-19 pandemic had highlighted many longstanding issues in the sector that required long-term and large scale reform.
The APPG’s Written Evidence to the Health & Social Care Select Committee Inquiry: ‘Social Care, Funding & Workforce’
June 2020
The APPG has formally submitted a response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s inquiry into social care funding and workforce.
The APPG believes a cross-party solution is key to providing a sustainable vision for the future of the adult social care system; shared commitments must be undertaken to build a political consensus.
response from the minister of care to the appg ON ADULT SOCIAL CARE’S CO-CHAIR
May 2020
Minister of State for Care, Helen Whately MP has responded to a letter from the APPG on Adult Social Care’s Co-Chairs on testing in the social care sector.
LETTER TO THE RT HON. MATT HANCOCK MP, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
May 2020
The APPG’s co-chairs David Warburton MP, Helen Hayes MP and Baroness Greengross have written to the Secretary of State to highlight issues around testing for the social care sector.
LETTER TO THE RT HON. MATT HANCOCK MP, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
March 2020
The APPG’s co-chairs David Warburton MP, Helen Hayes MP and Baroness Greengross have written to the Secretary of State to highlight issues and concerns for the social care sector during the coronavirus outbreak.
PHYSICAL NOT SOCIAL DISTANCING
What does social distancing mean? For some people social distancing means not speaking to anyone. It’s a shame the government didn’t start calling it physical distancing instead.
a big thank you
Thank you to all the people in the social care sector working on the front line during the coronavirus outbreak.
OUR PURPOSE
To act as a forum for members of the House of Commons and Lords to engage with the wider adult social care sector, with the aim of engaging in a cross-party and non-partisan manner to influence government policy on the reform of the adult social care system.
