In response to the CQC’s 2025 State of Care report, Caroline Abrahams, co-chair of the Care and Support Alliance says:

“The last sentence in the press release accompanying this report is arguably one of the most important: in it the CQC repeats its call for long-term sustainable funding for social care, an objective we strongly share. In the meantime, the report is full of examples of the harm being caused to people and to any hope of building a truly effective health and care system without it. The Government’s ambitions to move care out of hospitals and into the community, tackle delayed discharges and meet the 18-week standard for elective care will ultimately fail.

“We have warmly welcomed the establishment of the Casey Commission and we are committed to helping in any way we can, but the report acknowledges that the full solution to the problems facing social care ultimately lies in the hands of politicians and in how they respond to the Commission’s findings in due course. As the work of the Commission gears up we need politicians on all sides to demonstrate their support for the process, so people who use social care can be hopeful that it will generate real change.”