Johnson’s social care reforms do nothing to guarantee the future of the ailing care home sector and could even make the problem worse

David Rowland writes that the government’s social care reform plans do not address two fundamental problems: the lack of adequate state funding and the unsustainable business models behind care homes. He argues that to avoid a financial meltdown in the sector, the government must urgently regulate it, and then provide additional funds to cover the true costs of delivering quality care.