The government was accused of “delay and erosion” after decisive comprehensive talks aimed at building a political consensus on large -scale changes on adults social welfare, failed to leave the ground.
Liberal Democrats said that there was no single meeting for all parties on this issue in the four months since the government Similar plans were announced To build a national care service to reform the growing social welfare crisis in the United Kingdom.
Wes Streeting said in January that the elderly could be left without help and that NHS was immersed unless a national consensus is reached on how to repair the system that is widely considered failure.
Health Minister Louise Casey was appointed to chair the Social Welfare Committee with A summary to build the agreement Among the main parties on how to take changes forward. The street said that previous attempts to reform were stumbled due to “bad policy.”
The talks were to open on February 26, but were postponed after the ministers said that all parties could not hold the meeting. LIB Dems offered “Wiping our Diaries” to reschedule, but he said no new date has yet been proposed.
“If it takes almost two months and counting one meeting, I have serious concerns about the focus in the upper part of the government necessary to successfully conduct this review,” said Helen Morgan, a spokeswoman for health and social welfare.
“The ministers dealt with these cross -talks of the government, which put social care in a” very difficult “pile.
“Their failure to understand the nettle means that the review that could have been completed within a year is instead, as the ministers risk the longest delay because of their failure to get these talks out of the ground.
“For years under conservatives, [social care] He was shameful, with patients with the greater burden. Now, and exhaustion The government takes an approach to kicking the box on the road instead of facing the challenges of reforming this broken system. “
Mrs. Casey, who was scheduled to join the Social Welfare Committee this month, was appointed by ministers in mid -January to implement a A three -month report to sexual assault gangs. The government insisted that this will not affect its work in the Social Welfare Committee.
It is understood that Casey has promised to assemble meetings as soon as her work in the Gangs Gangs report is completed. A government official said that the original history and time of the planned meeting did not succeed in all the invited parties.
Management spokesman health Social welfare said: “This government is committed to building a national consensus across the party to create a social care system for adults and at reasonable prices for all.
“This is the reason that the Prime Minister asked Baroneh Louise Casey to lead an independent committee in social welfare for adults as part of our first critical steps towards building a national care service.”
Social welfare of adults and abroad has been reformed for politics for more than two decades, with attempts by governments from all lines to reform the regime that has repeatedly deviated from the system of political shame and a lack of consensus across the party.
Social care experts The government criticized In January to put a three -year chronological range on the changes they have been to be placed with a year. They said that the issue is not related to how to change social welfare, but agree to what should be done.
Urging sponsorships to rapid reform of adults social welfare, saying that the sector is facing Serious financial problems As a result of the entry of national insurance and the minimum wage, this month increases, which added 2.8 billion pounds to its costs.
Many said that they are facing “difficult decisions” as a result of the high unprofible costs, including compensation for unprecedented care contracts to the councils Corruption of the populationReducing the quality of care, layoffs, reducing their hours or freezing wages.
