{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68ee38c151a2f4613426916f/6a0d6318bf3312228930f9fc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Care at a Crossroads: Reform Through the Eyes of SCIE","description":"<p>In the latest episode, Michael chats to Gerard Crofton-Martin, Interim CEO of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), about why social care remains one of the most misunderstood yet critically important parts of our society.</p><p><br></p><p>Michael and Gerard unpack:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why so many people assume social care is free like the NHS (and the consequences when reality hits).</li><li>The complexity of the system, from funding and local authorities to private providers and national policy.</li><li>Why social care struggles to gain political attention, despite affecting the majority of people later in life.</li><li>How public misunderstanding and cultural discomfort around ageing, death, and dependency hold back reform.</li><li>The growing pressures on the system, including rising demand, increasing complexity of need and workforce challenges.</li><li>The role of organisations like SCIE in shaping policy, improving practice and feeding frontline insights back into government.</li><li>What a better system could look like, from national care standards to more localised, community-driven care models.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This episode presents a system-level view of social care and highlights why meaningful reform depends on greater public awareness and engagement.</p><p><br></p><p>If you found this episode helpful, please leave a review and share it with your network.</p><p><br></p><p>Let’s continue the conversation on LinkedIn 👇</p><p><br></p><p>🔗 / <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelzbutcher/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">michaelzbutcher</a></p><p>🔗 / <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerard-crofton-martin-8056421b5/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">gerard-crofton-martin-8056421b5</a></p><p><br></p><p>#socialcare #healthandsocialcare #carehomesuk #socialcarepolicy</p>","author_name":"Michael Butcher"}