Views are invited on the possibility of introducing additional measures to promote and protect the interests of people using adult social care services, following the demise of care home operator Southern Cross.
Based on the discussion paper Oversight of the Social Care Market, published by the Department of Health, experts and practitioners are asked for their opinions on areas to be considered for reform, and what the overarching objective of change should be.
Southern Cross has highlighted the risks associated with a large scale provider falling into financial difficulty, raising concerns about the continuity of service when there are no alternative providers giving the same quality of care at a similar cost.
The remit for discussion includes the government’s wider vision for encouraging development of the social care market by creating conditions for new providers to emerge, and for the quality of services to improve.
Email for responses: caringforourfuture@dh.gsi.gov.uk, subject line – Market Oversight, deadline: 2 December 2011.
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