The Health and Social Care Select Committee are calling for evidence of how failing to reform social care would financially impact both people and organisations. So this week, Healthwatch England shared their latest findings with them.

Lady in a wheelchair being helped into a car

These highlight what people have told Healthwatch about social care:

  • People struggle to access the right social care.
  • Many feel the system doesn’t meet their needs.
  • They rely on unpaid carers to fill these gaps.

You can learn about these issues, and how the social care system can work better for people who need help, in Healthwatch England’s insight blog here.