Despite promises, social care is worse than ever | Letters

As a mother with disabled children, Anne-Louise Crocker has experienced first-hand how the social care system lets people down. Plus a letter from Dr Brian Fisher

At the 2024 Labour conference, Wes Streeting said: “We can’t fix the NHS without fixing the crisis in social care. And we can’t fix social care without the people who work in it … I will deliver a new deal for care professionals: a fair pay agreement, to improve pay and conditions and give staff the status and respect they deserve – our first step towards building a national care service.”

In fact, Streeting’s first step on social care was to set up yet another review, which will not report until the end of the parliament, thus kicking social care down the road, like every other health secretary before him.