The Coalition for Quality in Care (CQC) is a grouping of organisations and individuals concerned with the care of frail and vulnerable older people. It includes national charities, independent sector care providers, health and social care practitioners, older people’s representative organisations, concerned individuals and academic researchers. CQC’s main purpose is to promote and improve the quality of care in services for older people, in a range of settings, through campaigning, debate and example. The Coalition has 40 members and the following have endorsed this submission:
Organisation Members
- Anchor Trust
- Beth Johnson Foundation
- Brendoncare Foundation
- British Geriatrics Society
- Counsel and Care
- Elizabeth Finn Homes Ltd
- English Community Care Association
- Help the Aged
- HICA Group
- IndependentAge
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- Lester Aldridge Solicitors
- National Care Forum
- NHFA Care Fees Advice
- Relatives & Residents Association
- Royal British Legion
- Salvation Army Social Services
- Faculty of Health and Social Care, Open University
Independent Members
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At a recent meeting of the Coalition it was resolved to submit a memorandum to the Treasury expressing the Coalition’s concerns and expectations in relation to the future funding of social care for older people. In doing so, it starts from a view that under current social care policy, both in terms of its strategic direction and its funding, older people - especially those who are very frail, very old and those suffering from dementia - are discriminated against in favour of other age groups and conditions.
The Coalition calls for:
- Fairer funding of social care, especially residential care, taking into account the findings of both the Wanless and JRF reviews;
- Acknowledgement of the importance of residential care in the wider social care spectrum and consequently of government’s responsibility to fund it;
In particular, it calls for:
- Raising of the capital thresholds in assessing ability to pay for residential care and increasing the personal expenses allowance for state funded care home residents;
- Greater investment in the social care workforce through improved remuneration, training and career structures;
- Increased investment in preventive services;
- Acknowledgement of the burdens faced by families and other supporters in tandem with improved support for them.
We call on the Chancellor and the Treasury to commit themselves to a fairer deal for those who are the most in need of society’s support.
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