ABOUT THE COALITION

About the Coalition

Care has been effectively ignored for decades. Now is the time to act and make a real difference to all those receiving and delivering care.

The Future Social Care Coalition includes former health and care ministers, employers and the largest union in social care. It’s the first time such a group has come together to push for change.

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CHAIRS

Christina McAnea, General Secretary, UNISON

“Care has long been the forgotten service. The pandemic has magnified the sector’s faults like nothing else.”

Phil Hope, former Minister of State for Care Services

“Its problems cannot be ignored for a moment longer. This unprecedented alliance brings together employers, politicians who know about the sector and the biggest care union to make a powerful case for change. Now the government needs to listen and start to take the care crisis more seriously.”

Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell, Former Secretary of State for Health

“Care needs urgent and lasting reform. Paying dedicated staff who look after our elderly and vulnerable relatives a proper wage would start to transform care into a service fit for the future.”

Advisory board

  • Caroline Abrahams

    Co-Chair
    Care and Support Alliance

  • Nadra Ahmed OBE

    Chair
    National Care Association

  • Rt Hon Alistair Burt

    Former Minister of State
    For Community and Social Care

  • Andy Burman

    Chair
    The Allied Health Professions Federation

  • Rt Hon Andy Burnham

    Prime Minister

  • Rt Hon Paul Burstow

    Chair of Social Care Institute for Excellence
    Former Minister of State for Community and Social Care 

  • Rt Hon Sir Norman Lamb

    Minister of State
    Former Minister of State for Community and Social Care

  • Vic Rayner OBE

    Executive Director
    National Care Forum

  • Helen Walker

    Chief Executive
    Carers UK

  • Alastair Henderson

    Chief Executive
    Academy of Medical Royal Colleges

  • Clenton Farquharson MBE

    Chair
    Think Local Act Personal (TLAP)

  • Jackie O'Sullivan

    Co-Chair
    Care and Support Alliance

  • Social Care matters to everyone and benefits everyone at some point in their lives – so #PayFair4Care

  • Social Care is NOT done or FIXED #GetSocialCareDone

  • Social Care is in CRISIS

  • Social Care workers are disproportionately affected by the cost-of-living crisis and are struggling to live on their pay

  • There is a social care emergency – upwards of 165,000 vacancies and rising

  • There is a chronic lack of capacity in the social care system – it was already in crisis before the pandemic and now it’s at tipping point

  • The retention and recruitment emergency must be addressed as a matter of urgency

Help Us Get the Message Out There

  • Social Care workers need to be properly recognised and rewarded if we are to stop the churn in retention and recruitment vacancies

  • It’s time for a fair deal and fair pay – it’s time for action

  • A fully funded and long-term solution must be found to #FIXSOCIALCARE

  • It makes moral and economic sense to pay the REAL LIVING WAGE

  • Social Care workers pay and conditions should be on par with those in the NHS who do a similar job

  • Social Care needs to be FIXED and fit for purpose

  • Social Care can be fixed by social care workforce reform – It IS POSSIBLE and FAIR to pay the Real Living Wage across the sector #PayFair4Care

  • It is time for Government to act on Social Care – given the scale of the emergency the response is not enough

The Future Social Care Coalition is supported by