Those working in adult social care are ‘already doing a very good job at getting investment and commitments to reform', according to government minister Helen Whately.

The minister for social care told a plenary session today at the National Children and Adults Conference in Bournemouth: ‘Whether it's in last year's Autumn Statement  - when funding at the was £7.5bn and is now up to £8bn available to adult care to invest in the sector - or our big reform programme….those are really substantial investments in the sector.'