Casey to warn that England’s social care system has no clear leader

Louise Casey is expected to say that successive governments have been “asleep at the wheel” on social care, leaving no one in overall charge.

The Nuffield Trust studied care. The Institute for Government studied it too.

They call care fragmented. England has no clear leader.

The central government shares responsibility. Local councils share it too.

Private providers also share responsibility. This makes change hard and slow.

Louise Casey is expected to ask for a “new settlement”.

She wants decency and contribution. She wants a duty to care.

Casey is expected to call care homes’ pandemic impact a national shame.

She is expected to agree with the Covid-19 Inquiry. It found too little protection for care.

The research says 1.5 million staff work in care. They work for about 19,000 employers.

England has no required care worker register.

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