Care Provider Alliance ready to work with Labour for fair pay and social care reform
5 July 2024
The Care Provider Alliance congratulates the Labour Party on their resounding victory in the UK general election. We are eager to collaborate with the new government to amplify opportunities and tackle challenges in social care.
For years, the Care Provider Alliance has campaigned for better pay and terms and conditions of employment for care workers as part of wider reform. We support Labour's plans to improve recruitment, retention, and training standards. We also encourage the swift implementation of a dedicated and funded workforce strategy.
We're ready to work with the government, unions, and others to ensure fair pay and better working conditions for our essential skilled workforce. The focus for this vital work must be on benefiting care workers and those they support, and ensuring sustainability of care providers.
Achieving meaningful reform will require a collective effort. Outstanding commissioning and regulation supports outstanding care delivery. There must also be capacity to innovate and develop services better to meet the needs of those drawing on care now and in the future. Underpinning any of this ambition has to be adequate government investment and recognition of the urgency of change. We offer our expertise and on-the-ground insights to help shape effective policies.
We look forward to productive discussions with the new government to build a National Care Service that meets the needs of those who rely on it and those who work within it.
Chair of the Care Provider Alliance, Dr Jane Townson OBE, said:
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Labour's election win sets us off on an alternative route in care and the first signpost is to fairer pay. Our sector's knowledge and experience will be key in charting a course beyond this to wider reform which is achievable and ambitious. Together, we can build a National Care Service which meets the needs of those needing and giving care."
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About the Care Provider Alliance (CPA)
The Care Provider Alliance is a coalition of 10 associations. We advocate for the sector and ensure a coordinated response to the major issues that affect it.
We represent private, voluntary and community sector care providers in England. Some members also represent services in Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland. The Care Provider Alliance speaks for the whole of the adult social care sector, including care homes; home care services; housing with care; integrated retirement communities; shared lives schemes; services for people with learning disabilities and autism; mental health and community-based support. Members support children, adults of working age and older people. Local authorities, health bodies or private individuals purchase care from providers.
We reach over 95% of all care and support provider organisations, in a sector with 1.6 million employees helping people to live good-quality, independent lives. The scale of our sector’s work is vast, affecting the lives of over 10 million adults at any given time, including people using formal and informal care, care workers, and unpaid carers.
The Care Provider Alliance is an informal body. Members take it in turns to lead the CPA and the Chair changes each year.
For more information on the Care Provider Alliance visit About us.
See CPA’s key policy statements June 2024
Contact
E-mail: media@homecareassociation.org.uk
Telephone: 020 8661 8160
Mobile: 07393012113