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However, this falls far short of the estimated £1.8bn in extra costs facing councils , chiefly driven by rises in employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) and the national living wage(NLW), the Association of Directors of Adult SocialServices has warned.
Funding shortfall However, this does not cover the extra costs facing authorities from the impact of the employer NICs rise on the providers that they commission, notably in adults’ services. Were all authorities to do so, this would yield about 970m, some of which would be available for adult social care.
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Adult social care staff are carrying out tasks previously undertaken by the NHS in most areas, without compensatory funding, council heads have reported. Seventy per cent of directors said this was the case, in response to an Association of Directors of Adult SocialServices (ADASS) survey carried out in September and October of this year.
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Meanwhile, local authority leaders pointed to the inadequancy of the funding to meet the wider pressures they faced in adult social care, including because of the cost of living crisis. Sarah McClinton, ADASS president from 2022-23. ” Inflation driving £3.7bn rise in costs. ” Inflation driving £3.7bn rise in costs.
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