Social care providers will ‘go to the wall’ if urgent funding is not given to councils
Assistant manager Claire Welford administers a coronavirus swab test on resident Harry Hall, 94, at the Eothen Homes care home in Whitley Bay, Tyneside
SOCIAL care providers will “go to the wall” if urgent funding is not handed to homes facing billions of pounds in extra costs during the pandemic, a charity warned today.
The sector needs to fork out £6.6 billion to cover additional costs such as personal protective equipment (PPE), staffing and deep cleans by the end of September, according to calculations by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (Adass).
Just 4 per cent of social care directors believe they have enough money to meet basic statutory duties this year, according to the charity’s survey.
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