It's time to say goodbye to Boris. Boris is the one who promised in his first speech as prime minister to "fix the social crisis of his care once and for all."
The social care crisis will never be completely resolved. Nowhere near. The pandemic has shone its high beam on all the problems in the social care sector and showed how much money is needed to bring it to zero. For your information, it is 7 billion. per year.
Every day, 600 people with disabilities are placed on waiting lists for social care evaluations. There are currently 300,000 people on the list. That's 90,000 more than he was six months ago. A quarter of those people he's been waiting for over six months.
This includes changing clothes, undressing, toileting, bathing, eating, drinking, getting up, getting in and out of bed, taking medicine, and in some cases (many things that are nice to have) getting out, just a little bit.
Not only can you not do these things, but who can help you do them? Can you imagine life without it? Can you imagine not only the isolation, fear and depression associated with the lack of support to undertake the basics of life, but also the physical risks associated with needing and not having such care?
Social Care is considered to be living independently with dignity. It should be more than just survival. But even survival is out of reach for obscene numbers.
By November, 400,000 people are awaiting treatment evaluation. This is double his year-ago total.
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Last week, the Level Up, Housing and Community Commission released a report on long-term funding for social care. We are aware of major issues such as huge waiting lists, staff shortages to assess and provide care, and escalating costs. It's also important to note that the government thinks it's possible that the amount was grossly mistaken in the first place.
Next year, the government will introduce what is called the Health and Social Care Levy to inject additional cash into the sector. But most of this goes to the NHS, and even before the cost-of-living crisis began to unfold earlier this year, total projections do not take into account cost pressures in the sector.
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– Penny, almost to the side Do not touch. We hope the government will allocate additional funds. It wants governments to keep health and social care from competing with each other. Like a martial arts MMA match, for example, with the public clapping for caregivers around the ring and competing managers budgeting for each other, it's pound-for-pound, eye-to-eye.
The Commission said governments "should not be under the illusion that they are getting closer to relieving social care, and need to let the public know that there is a long way to go." too right. Speaking of illusions, Boris is about to commit the act of disappearing. The promised social security reforms are nothing more than smoke and mirrors during his term.
Will Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak be able to surprise us all by plucking a 7 billion pound rabbit from a social welfare facility, or will he end up being a rabbit like Boris? I have to wait a while. I got caught in the headlight.
Anna Morell works for Disability Rights UK. It is the UK's leading disability-led, run and working organization for people with disabilities. We work with disability organizations and governments across the UK to influence local and national change to improve rights, benefits, quality of life and economic opportunities for people with disabilities.
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