The pandemic has exposed long-standing fault lines in the way we organise society – from the impact of health inequalities to the inadequacies of the social care system.

For decades social care has been neglected, meaning people are unable to access the care they desperately need. With recent debate focused on who pays for adult social care, are we setting our sights too low? Perhaps it is time to set a new vision for what we are trying to achieve.

In the second of the REAL Centre's REAL Challenge annual lectures, we invited Hilary Cottam to generate debate by bringing fresh, innovative ideas to reinvigorate the way we think about care.

In an agenda-setting lecture and panel debate, Hilary explored whether this moment – as we emerge from the pandemic – might offer us a real chance to re-imagine and re-organise how we care for one another.

How could things be different? Can we ignite a new imagining about what care could be? Can we care more about care?

The REAL Challenge lecture took place on Tuesday 2 November 2021 at 12.30–14.00.

Find out more here: https://www.health.org.uk/about-the-health-foundation/get-involved/events/real-challenge-annual-lecture-2021