What do we mean by ‘equity’ in social care?

What do we mean by ‘equity’ in social care?

In social care ‘equity’ is often used but rarely defined. As the sector prepares for reform, it’s clear we need a better understanding otherwise efforts to improve outcomes risk reinforcing. Why a definition matters? While the NHS has long used the concept of equity to mean fairness and the absence of avoidable differences, social care has lacked a comparable definition. This gap has real consequences. As Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE put it, ‘The …