The new prime minister is being urged to provide immediate help for a care sector in"absolute desperation" at forthcoming price hikes – with the industry having no protection from a price cap.
Debbie Price, chief executive of Coverage Care, which has 12 care homes in Shropshire, said the latest challenge was yet another blow for a sector which has faced huge difficulties since the start of the pandemic. The chief executive added that the company had given them until 3pm on the same day to agree the price, or to call back the following day when it may have changed.
She said:"I do not know where the Government thinks this money is coming from, we simply do not have it and we cannot compromise care by not having the heating on.""There is absolute desperation in the sector really and we need the Government to give an absolute assurance they will look at this as a matter of urgency."