PRESS RELEASE - By Sheila Scott, National Care Association, Martin Green, English
Community Care Association and Debbie Sorkin, National Skills Academy
for Social Care.
We have seen a spate of reports about lack of standards and abuse of vulnerable people, primarily at private residential care facilities.
There is no excuse for this and it is a wake-up call for all involved in delivering care – from commissioners to regulators to providers – to work together to ensure services are of a consistently high quality.
Such reports will cause enormous concern to relatives of people receiving care and support, and to others considering care options for their families. But there are also many private and independent care providers in the sector providing high-quality services who will be concerned because they have been unfairly grouped in the public consciousness as not meeting standards.
Our organisations collectively represent thousands of members who are private and independent care providers and who consistently deliver excellent residential care.
Many others do the same. The difference they make to the lives of vulnerable people should be acknowledged. We are committed to championing the excellent care they provide, and to use this as a driver so that excellence becomes the default standard in social care.