- Conference
- 2025 National Retired Members Conference
- Date
- 6 June 2025
- Decision
- Carried as Amended
Conference expresses its dismay, at a time when the ageing population continues to grow, that the government is failing to treat the reform of Adult Social Care as a matter of urgency.
UNISON calls again for a National Care Service free at the point of need that responds to the needs of older and disabled people, and that can properly improve and enrich their lives.
Reform of Adult Social Care in England should be a priority for the Labour Government. Immediate investment is required to improve adult social care, including a support package to keep older people out of hospital, assistance so disabled people can remain in their homes, and improvements to the terms and conditions of staff to ensure delivery of good quality services.
Despite the need for rapid reform of social care, and a cross-party consensus, the government has introduced further delays and increased the timescale to create a national care service by a further three years. We cannot afford to wait until 2028 to resolve the crisis in social care and ensure that adult social care free at the point of need.
Conference therefore calls on the National Retired Members Committee to:
i) Seek the support of the National Executive Council and work with Labour Link to lobby the Labour Party and campaign for more rapid reform of social care;
ii) Call on TUC, Age UK, NPC, Scottish Pensioners Forum and other relevant pensioner organisations to campaign for the rapid reform of social care;
iii) Work with regional and branch retired members groups to highlight this issue, lobby local MPs and raise awareness of the urgent need for a national care service.