The health secretary appointed Louise Casey to chair a commission on social care with a brief to build agreement between the main parties on how changes to adult social care could be taken forward.
Talks were scheduled to open on 26 February but were postponed after ministers said that not all parties could make the meeting. However a new date has not yet been proposed.
Social care experts criticised the government in January for putting a three-year timescale on changes that they argued could be put in place with a year.
Care providers have urged rapid reform of adult social care, saying the sector faces serious financial problems as a result of the introduction of national insurance and minimum wage rises this month, which have added £2.8bn to their costs.
NCWGB calls upon the UK Government to deliver a robust, fair and efficient alternative to ease the funding crisis that Adult Social Care is in. You can read our resolution in full here 👇.