Access Social Care chief executive Kari Gerstheimer echoed the report, urging that recommendations made regarding the adult social care sector must be designed to benefit the real people behind Westminster figures, namely “those who need care, their loved ones, and care workers”. 

“Some of the distressing figures outlined today by the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee show little concern for those at the front line of our social care system and a disregard for the very real issues faced by local authorities,” she added.