Tendering For Care

Report of a review by Dame Denise Platt on how the status of social care might be raised, as commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health, in her speech to the national Social Services Conference in October 2006.

The terms of reference for the review were:

• To review the current arrangements for promoting the contribution social care makes to the promotion of people’s independence, inclusion, health and well being
• To consider whether any action is required to improve the status of social care services and the social care workforce
• To propose recommendations and timetable on any next steps which will be required.