Social Care and Recovery from the Pandemic: Healthwatch AGM Workshop
Healthwatch's pandemic activities focused on care settings, unpaid carers, and families. The workshop aims to discuss social care resilience, reform, and future preparations. Challenges include the impact on unpaid carers, services closures, financial strains, and support for the voluntary sector. Monitoring the Health and Care Bill's implications on integrated care is crucial.
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Healthwatch AGM : Healthwatch AGM : 21 July 2021 Social Care and Recovery from the Social Care and Recovery from the Pandemic Pandemic 21 July 2021 [Dame Philippa Russell [Dame Philippa Russell philipparussell118@gmail.com] philipparussell118@gmail.com] Healthwatch s activity during the pandemic centred around those with connections to care homes/care settings, in particular unpaid carers, relatives and friends of care home residents. We hosted 7 webinars and ran a smaller event with Care for the Carers to highlight some of the key challenges faced by many families and friends during 2020/21. In bringing together relatives, carers, support organisations and system partners, the discussion widened to include a broader range of issues regarding the state of social care in East Sussex. This workshop offers an opportunity to further develop those conversations, including HOW the social care sector in its entirety can prepare for and be resilient in future pandemics. We will also discuss what social care reform could mean, in particular within government ambitions to better integrate health and social care, but also acknowledging the immediate challenges of emerging from the pandemic and the need for a Winter Plan.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/data-strategy-to-support-delivery-of-patient-centred-carehttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/data-strategy-to-support-delivery-of-patient-centred-care Emerging from the Pandemic Emerging from the Pandemic Some challenges for social care [This slide draws on data from ADASS (Spring Survey, July 2021) and Carers U s regular surveys on the [This slide draws on data from ADASS (Spring Survey, July 2021) and Carers U s regular surveys on the impact of covid impact of covid- -19 on unpaid carers.] 19 on unpaid carers.] Some challenges for social care Understanding the impact of the pandemic and Coronavirus Act Restrictions an estimated 6.9m unpaid carers across the UK! 54,783 people are waiting for a social services assessment, 159.271 awaiting a review. Many day services/short breaks have not reopened or are offering a reduced service. Carers UK (Spring Survey) found that 88% of unpaid carers providing more care than before the pandemic situation not sustainable . Over 64% say that their own physical or mental health is adversely affected The cost of care: ADASS Spring Survey shows financial impact on care homes and other services because of revenue loss and staff shortages. The same survey reveals the pressure on local authority budgets and the increasing challenge of demographic change more people of working age with complex needs and a rapid increase in the older population Supporting the voluntary sector - Much of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector is at risk over the coming year How can we adequately support this sector at a time when budgets are stretched to meet statutory duties.
THE HEALTH AND CARE BILL THE HEALTH AND CARE BILL - - Looking forward for health and social care Looking forward for health and social care and a role for Healthwatch and E.Sussex partners to monitor new and a role for Healthwatch and E.Sussex partners to monitor new arrangements. arrangements. White Paper published, setting out new arrangements for integrated health and social care. Commitment to mental health reforms but no timetable for introducing legislation. Health and Care Bill introduced in H/C it will build on ambitions in the NHS Long Term Plan, but major concerns that no published plans as yet for reform of social care. Integrated Care Partnerships and Clinical Commissioning Groups to be abolished. In principle patients and carers should have strong voice in development of local plans. Discharge to assess emphasis on earlier discharge from hospital. The NHS will gain new legal powers to reimburse local authority social services departments for costs of discharge from hospital.
The Big Debate coming soon The Big Debate coming soon the future/reform of social are the future/reform of social are High quality care and support is co-produced and cannot be the sole responsibility of social services health, housing and the voluntary sector are essential partners in providing high quality support and maximising the wellbeing of vulnerable people. [President of ADASS, 2021] Freedom Day? How do we balance the ongoing need to be careful with the huge impact of restricted visiting on residents, relatives and staff alike and on the anxieties about reopening a range of services in the community? Moving to Recovery: General agreement that we need a 10 Year Plan [a Long Term Plan similar to NHS Long Term Plan] with the big conversation to come on how we pay for social care Japan and our EU partners have had that conversation about what 2lst century social care might look like can Healthwatch and partners start conversation here?.
Freedom Day the start not the end of a journey. A collective voice has more weight what has worked well in difficult times and what can we collectively offer to coproduce better integrated user/carer friendly services whilst keeping safe in still very difficult times?
