A Harrogate-based specialist care provider has backed North Yorkshire Council’s plans to reshape how it buys adult social care, but says the needs of younger…
Read more...The Local Government Association (LGA) is calling for councils to be made equal partners with the NHS to prevent digital reform in health and social care from failing.
Read more...Residents have until Wednesday this week (21st) to share their views on proposals for the future of Henry Cornish Care Centre in Chipping Norton, and Townsend House in Headington, Oxford.
Read more...More than 300 care workers employed by Sunderland Care and Support (SCAS) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a long-running equal pay dispute involving Sunderland City Council.
Read more...The government’s review of its local government reorganisation programme must result in a ‘material change of direction’ if ministers are to avoid creating councils that…
Read more...A social care support threshold freeze since 2010/11 means that some people must spend an additional £12,400 of their own money before qualifying for state support, according to new analysis from The King’s Fund.
Read more...Removing social care costs from council budgets could create a path towards fairer property tax and a better funded social care system, think tank shows.
Read more...A south coast council has revealed it is forecasting a £27 million shortfall in its budget for 2026-27, with rising numbers of children and adults requiring care support identified as the main driver.
Read more...Residents across Wokingham Borough are playing an active role in shaping the future of adult social care, helping influence local services, strengthen community connections and raise awareness of the support available in their communities, according to an annual Social Care Future update.
Read more...Council leaders across England are being urged to unite behind calls for urgent national reform of adult social care, as new analysis reveals stark differences in what happens to people seeking care and support depending on where they live.
Read more...The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) is urging councils and care providers to ensure consistently high standards of end of life care, warning that failures during a person’s final days can have a lasting impact on bereaved families.
Read more...Local authority leaders have an historic opportunity to rebuild public trust in local services through local government reforms, says the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.
Read more...Councils across the country recorded an overspend of £715 million on adult social care last year, according to the latest annual survey from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services…
Read more...A new CAA report proposes pooling the financial risk of an ageing population nationally, rather than leaving it with 153 individual councils.
Read more...Baroness Louise Casey of Blackstock used a major speech to local government leaders to warn that we must resist the temptation to attempt major reform of adult social care…
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