Ben Franklin, Head of Economics of an Ageing Society at ILC-UK responds to the Government's 2015 Spending Review, and outlines its potential implications for the social care system, and the future of the State.

1. 2015 Spending Review:
The BIG picture
Ben Franklin, International Longevity Centre
follow us on twitter: @ilcuk @bjafranklin

2. Three megatrends
1. Moving towards a new informal model of adult
social care?
2. A health service failing to respond to the needs of
an ageing population.
3. A smaller state for all but especially for younger
people.

3. Towards a new informal model of adult social care
Source: Health and social care information centre
Number of people receiving adult social care services

4. “…the potential income that could be raised…which at
the most amounts to almost £3.5bn…does not come
close to dealing with the significant funding gap and
meeting the social care demands”.
National Autistic Society
Reaction to Spending Review measures on care

5. “…the potential income that could be raised…which at
the most amounts to almost £3.5bn…does not come
close to dealing with the significant funding gap and
meeting the social care demands”.
National Autistic Society
Reaction to Spending Review measures on care
“Wealthier areas could benefit more
because they collect more of their
budgets through council tax and are less
reliant on government funding. More
deprived areas could then be hit doubly
hard”.
Local Government Association

7. A health service failing to respond to the needs of an
ageing population

8. The new settlement will not put us in line with our
OECD peers
Estimated impact of £8bn increase in spending up to 2021

9. Why investing in health is in all our interests
Sensitivity of OBR net Govt debt projections to health
productivity assumptions

10. A smaller state for all, but especially for younger people
Source: Resolution Foundation

11. Many thanks
Ben Franklin
International Longevity Centre - UK
benfranklin@ilcuk.org.uk
02073400440
Twitter: @ilcuk @bjafranklin