Members provide a variety of services for older people and those with long term conditions, learning disabilities or mental health problems.
It presses local councils for improved funding and was particularly vocal in the COVID-19 pandemic in England, which caused big problems for the sector.
Martin Green said “We hope that this is the start of a process towards the creation of a migration system which supports rather than undermines the development of the adult social care workforce.”[6] The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee announced an enquiry into the likely legacy of the coronavirus pandemic in adult social care in March 2021.
Professor Green welcomed the announcement but expressed his frustration that "yet more discussions" were needed to see the prime minister deliver on his promise for reform.
[7] The organisation welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in March 2021 that care workers were not entitled to the minimum wage for sleep-in shifts.