Submitted by Victoria Elizabeth Evans on Sunday 3rd November 2024
Published on Monday 3rd February 2025
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 3rd August 2025
Current Signatures: 62
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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15 years ~ care funding ~ care sector ~ crisis ~ crisis point ~ Denying ~ Emergency ~ fund ~ Gap ~ mentalhealth ~ point ~ RISE ~ Social care ~ trust ~ Years
Provide extra emergency funding into adult social care
We believe there is an alarming shortfall in adult social care funding, which could lead to care packages being reduced and people denied the extra care that they require. We think that immediate additional funding is required to plug this gap.
There is already a significant unmet need for social care. Nuffield Trust estimated that fewer than half of older people with care needs were receiving support. The number of people over 80 is predicted to increase by more than 40% over the next 15 years. We are also seeing a rise in adult disability and mental health issues.
We believe that if the adult care sector isn't given adequate funding now it will reach a crisis point, with no chance of it being able to meet the higher need in the future.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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