Councils are warning that this leaves them ‘running out of road’ to prevent financial insolvency, with these overspends contributing to a projected total funding deficit…
Read more...Social workers are set to strike for the first time in Brighton over a pay dispute. Adult social workers have called for pay parity with…
Read more...On Monday 16 October, members of the House of Lords will debate the Adult Social Care Committee’s report: ‘A “gloriously ordinary life’’: spotlight on adult…
Read more...Skills for Care has published its annual State of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce in England report – and announced plans to develop…
Read more...People who receive care will benefit from new technology to help improve their independence and reduce avoidable hospital admissions, the government has announced today. Four…
Read more...One of the UK’s biggest social care charity’s, Community Integrated Care, took part in a special social care roundtable yesterday (September 14) , hosted by…
Read more...Hft, a charity that supports more than 2,000 learning disabled adults across England and Wales, and Care England, the largest and most diverse representative body…
Read more...For many employers in the adult social care sector, rising operating costs are compounding existing pressures posed by limited local authority funding and staff shortages….
Read more...In a remarkable journey of determination and perseverance, Evolve United, the football team of Evolve Care Group, a prominent Southwest adult social care provider, has…
Read more...People working across adult social care are being encouraged to complete a new national Government survey which aims to capture the experiences of those working…
Read more...Care England has today expressed concern at the findings of Skills for Care’s latest workforce report and called on Government to invest the necessary resources…
Read more...Government plans to introduce a single-word rating system for adult social care services should be scrapped given concerns about the ability of councils to meet…
Read more...Additional Government spending on social care is “unavoidable” to prevent other essential council services being “swallowed up”, says former cabinet minister Damien Green. Speaking in…
Read more...The National Care Forum (NCF) – the leading association for not for profit social care organisations is today calling on the Chancellor to ring-fence funding…
Read more...A new guide has been launched to help Councils and social care providers avoid common pitfalls when introducing new and emerging technology into adult social…
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