A chink of light?: tackling the under-funding of social care
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This briefing identifies the factors placing a strain on adult social care and what the future pressures could be.
This briefing looks to identify the factors that have been placing a strain on adult social care in recent years and what the future pressures could be. It analyses the anticipated adult social care funding gap in 2019/20, concluding that to maintain the status quo, the cash injection required is between £1.1 billion and £2.5 billion.