The government wants to hear your views on the future of care and support. What priorities do you think this Government needs to focus on to improve the care and support system?

They’ve asked key leaders from the care and support community to help lead discussions over the six areas that we believe have the biggest potential to make improvements to the system.

You can share your comments on these areas on this website and they’d also like to hear your views on the recommendations made by the Commission on Funding of Care and Support.

Read more about why we need to change the care and support system, as well as what the Government has done already and what the next steps are.

They have identified six areas that they believe have the biggest potential to make improvements to the care and support system, and now want to hear your views. Please add your comments below, or complete our feedback form.

The Government has also asked a key leader of the care and support community to help the them to lead the discussions for each of the six areas that have been identified for improvement.

Share your comments on the discussion areas

1. Increasing quality and supporting the workforce

The quality of care people receive is a major concern for users, their families and the public more widely. Read more about quality… What do you think? a. Should there be a standard definition of quality in adult social care… Read more →1. Improving quality and developing the workforce

2. Increased personalisation and choice

The needs and circumstances of every person receiving care and support are unique to them. Whether a person funds their own care or receives a personal budget we want people to have genuine choice and control over the services they… Read more

3. Ensuring services are better integrated around people’s needs

People’s lives rarely fit into neat compartments. Getting the care we need may involve several different services and agencies. We want to discuss how local services can work better together to meet people’s needs. Read more about integration… What do… Read more →3. Ensuring services are better integrated around people’s needs

4. Supporting greater prevention and early intervention

Across health, social care and public health, we want to focus on prevention and early intervention to help people maintain their independence and improve their health and well-being. Read more about prevention and early intervention… What do you think? a.… Read more

5. Creating a more diverse and responsive care market

People want choice and control over their care and support, so they can receive the services which best meet their needs. In the future, individuals will increasingly be purchasing their own services. Those funding their own care will continue to… Read more

6. The role of the financial services sector in supporting users, carers and their families

The financial services industry believes it can play a more important role to help people plan and prepare for the costs they will face in older age. The choice and range of financial products, such as insurance, to help people… Read more →6. The role of the financial services sector in supporting users, carers and their families

Your views on the recommendations made by the Commission on Funding of Care and Support

As part of the Caring for our future engagement process, we also want to hear people’s views on the recommendations made by the Commission on Funding of Care and Support and how we should assess these proposals, including in relation… Read more

• Other ways to get in touch

Complete our feedback form, write to or email us

• Essential reading

Commission on Funding of Care and Support

Law Commission report

National strategy for carers

Palliative Care Funding Review

Vision for adult social care

(Taken from the Department of Health website)