The head of adult social care in the borough has welcomed the promised new investment in their services recently announced by government ­— but can’t see it having a significant effect in the coming years.

Cllr Andy Morgan, the borough’s executive cabinet member for adult services, and owner of Bakewell’s care home in Deane, is calling for more details to be published as to how social care will be reformed instead of just talking about the investment.

A 1.25 per cent raise in National Insurance is billed to fund a £12bn investment in social care, which while welcome, does not solve the problems in adult social care, according to Cllr Morgan.

“Any investment with the intention of funding better social care is welcome, but we don’t know how that money is going to come down to the council and local providers,” he said.

“I’m not confident at the moment of how it will help train staff and pay them the wage they deserve. There’s been no guidance to the council yet, so I am holding my breath at the moment.

“I think it’ll be a long time before any real change comes our way, adult social care is about so much more than just money.”

Cllr Morgan added that much work has already been done at a council and Greater Manchester level to improve social care with the limited funding they have had over recent years.

“We (the council) have been doing so much work in recent years to make our services better for the people that use it with the limited resources we have.

“We just hope this money isn’t ring fenced and we can use it how we need to use it. Fixing social care isn’t just about funding social care directly, we work with so many different parts of the NHS that feed into social care.

“Who knows how much money we will receive at a local level after that.

“The job that we are doing now at the council in helping people who need our care does not change and will not change for a few years at least despite this money.

“And it’s going to take a lot more than just money to help the social care sector.

“There is some great stuff going on at a local level at the moment, some really innovative schemes that shows what we can do, even with limited resources to give people the best care possible.”

Health and Social Care Secretary, Sajid Javid said this week: “Our nurses, doctors and care workers have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic in our hour of need.

“But the pandemic has taken its toll - waiting times are longer than ever before and social care is under even greater pressure.

“This additional funding is a critical investment in our country’s future.

"It will give the NHS the extra capacity it needs to get back on its feet and is a vital first step in the reform of our broken care system.”