Shropshire Urges Residents to Join 1 Million-Person Care Consultation as Social Care Takes Two-Thirds of Budget
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Updated · shropshirelive.com · Aug 10
Shropshire Urges Residents to Join 1 Million-Person Care Consultation as Social Care Takes Two-Thirds of Budget
1 articles · Updated · shropshirelive.com · Aug 10
Summary
Shropshire Council is urging residents to join Baroness Casey’s new Big Conversation on Care, an England-wide consultation meant to shape a future National Care Service.
1 million people across England are being targeted through the online exercise, which asks who adult social care should support, what role families should play and how care should be funded.
Two-thirds of Shropshire Council’s spending already goes on adult and children’s social care, with the rural county facing rising demand, higher delivery costs and pressure from an ageing population.
April 2027 is the consultation’s end date, with Casey due to deliver the independent commission’s recommendations by summer 2027 after gathering public views.
Could hidden systemic flaws in the proposed National Care Service ultimately leave millions of unpaid rural carers more isolated and underfunded than ever?
With rural councils facing bankruptcy, will this national care plan actually rescue them or merely shift the crushing financial burden onto exhausted families?