April 2022

For a long time, many people, especially family carers and service users, have been saying that the social care system is in crisis, doesn’t work and is not sustainable. Yet government after government has done nothing to change this and we are still waiting for reform to happen.

Here is the Shaping Our Lives statement on health and social care – what needs to be done to fix a broken system. To find out more about Shaping Our Lives, please visit the About us page.

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