Joanne Searle writes for CMM Magazine on the potential for Government support of the social care sector
A new financial year is now almost upon us, encouraging employers, employees and investors alike across all sectors to look ahead at what the next year might bring, and assess both the challenges and opportunties that lie in wait.
Against this backdrop, Joanne Searle, Associate in our Real Estate team, writes for Care Management Matters (CMM Magazine) on what the future might hold for the social care sector, and what the Government has been doing to provide relief to a sector facing a number of headwinds.
In the article, Joanne outlines her five key priorities for Labour in supporting and improving social care in the UK:
- Planning - specifically the change to the National Planning Policy Framework.
- Investment - the need for the Government to incentivise private investment in social care to encourage more development.
- National Insurance (NI) - addressing the disappointment of a recent House of Lords vote in favour of a sector exemption from increased employers' NI contributions, which failed to be upheld.
- Reforms - carrying forwards the new independent commission into adult social care.
- Technology - implementing new national standards and trusted guidance on the best technology in care, along with helping tech suppliers to know where to invest to grow their business and create innovative social care products.
Read the full article in CMM Magazine here.
