Published 7 September 2021
Last updated 12 September 2024 — See all updates
Build Back Better: Our Plan for
Health and Social Care
Adult social care charging
reform: further details
Adult social care charging
reform: analysis
Adult social care charging
reform: public sector equalities duty impact
assessment
Adult social care charging
reform: impact assessment
Build Back Better: Our Plan for
Health and Social Care
Details
Following an announcement by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer on 29 July 2024, the planned
adult social care charging reforms, which were inherited from the
previous government, will not be taken forward in October 2025.
The ‘Build Back Better' paper sets out the government's new plan
for health and social care.
It provides an overview of how this plan will tackle the
electives backlog in the NHS and put the NHS on a sustainable
footing. It sets out details of the plan for adult social care in
England, including a cap on social care costs and how financial
assistance will work for those without substantial assets. It
covers wider support that the government will provide for the
social care system, and how the government will improve the
integration of health and social care. It explains the
government's plan to introduce a new Health and Social Care Levy.
This paper was laid in Parliament on 7 September 2021.
