After analysing nearly a decade’s worth of data, this year’s review argues that successive governments have failed to take responsibility for the costs of introducing the statutory minimum wage in the social care sector. This has created an annual chain reaction of increased costs to providers, resulting in increased fees paid to them by local authorities and, ultimately, fewer people accessing publicly funded long-term care as local authorities try to balance their books. This trend was evident from 2015/16 to 2021/22 and has only recently been reversed: we argue that it must not be allowed to return.
See this link for an article from the King’s Fund on this subject