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Current challenges to the quality of social care services with people with intellectual disabilities in the UK
- Author:
- JACKSON Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 28(1), 2010, pp.17-27.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
As the effects of the financial recession begin to bite, there is a danger that the quality of social care provision for children, young people and adults with intellectual disability in the UK will significantly decline. As the provision of social care services are being increasing opened up to market forces there is a danger that the ‘not for profit’ organisations may be squeezed out, leaving commercial companies to dominate the market. In 2009 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) took over responsibility for adult social care and health care, leading to concerns about its ability to balance both its health and social care responsibilities and effectively monitor developments in the social care field. This article explores some of the factors contributing to this anticipated deterioration of social care provision: the commercialisation of social care; the expansion of the ‘for profit’ private sector at the expense of the ‘not for profit’ voluntary sector; the uncertainties occasioned by frequent changes in regulatory structures; the move to self-regulation of care services; and the neutering of the power and influence of advocacy services.