Care England launches survey to gain sector wide insights into the experience of providing and receiving social care

We want to hear directly from residents, families, and workers in social care provision, on their experience of social care, the role of care services in their community, and its interaction with NHS services. 

This survey is designed to gain lived experience to input into our upcoming report on reframing the narrative around social care. For too long, adult social care has not been given the focus of policymakers – we want to shift the narrative to the economic opportunity of investment, both at the national and local levels. 

With shifts in the way social care services work with the NHS and local partners, it is paramount to position this now, considering the Casey review. Baroness Casey has recently called for a national “moment of reckoning” for adult social care, highlighting systemic challenges, fragmented responsibilities, and the urgent need for reform. Her review importantly emphasises that many people still struggle to access fair, consistent, and dignified care. This makes it more important than ever that policymakers hear directly from people with lived experience. 

The report will be launched in parliament in early May. All responses will help inform the narrative of the report and our recommendations for policymakers to take forward. 

Please see the link to the survey here. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact hblacklock@careengland.org.uk.