Winter Pressure Builds As No Sign Of ‘Festive Flu’ Letting Up
Flu cases in hospital have already surpassed last year’s peak as festive infections “flood” hospitals early this winter. Latest weekly figures published this week show…
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Dementia Experts Prepare For Anticipated January Spike In Calls
Photo: (Right to Left) David Baddiel, Suranne Jones and Anne-Marie Duff Alzheimer’s Society Celebrity Ambassadors including comedian and author David Baddiel, actor Suranne Jones and…
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£69 Billion To Support Councils And Help Deliver Plan For Change
The government has now published its finance settlement, which is the annual determination of funding to local government from central government. This briefing covers the…
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Break the Cycle Of ‘Crisis-Cash-Repeat’ In Adult Social Care, CIPFA Urges
Decades of inaction and short-term fixes have left adult social care in crisis. Without urgent reform, we risk perpetuating a vicious cycle of poor value…
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MPs to Examine the State Of Community Mental Health Services in New Inquiry
The Health and Social Care Committee has, this week, launched an inquiry to examine the provision of community mental health services for adults with severe…
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Squeeze on NHS-Provided ‘Free’ Social Care Continues As Research Shows Three-Quarters Of Over-45s Don’t Know It Exists
Latest NHS England figures raise concerns that access to NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) is reaching fewer people in need with eligibility rates falling to the…
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Adult Social Care Lacking Good Pay And Working Conditions, Report Finds
England’s adult social care sector is struggling to offer pay rates and progression that attract and retain workers in a system that is under substantial…
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New Age UK Report Points To The Divergence Between NHS and Continuing Healthcare Funding
Age UK has published a new report today called “Continuing Healthcare? “, which shows the CHC funding regime is moving away from its stated operation…
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Urgent Health UK Warns Of Severe Impact Of Budget Decisions On NHS Urgent Healthcare Providers
Urgent Health UK (UHUK), representing social enterprise organisations providing urgent, integrated, out-of-hours and out-of-hospital care covering 70% of the UK population, on behalf of the…
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Dementia Emerges as Leading Cause of Death in the UK
Dementia remains the leading cause of death across the UK, according to a comprehensive analysis based on data from national statistics agencies. Over 75,000 deaths…
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Investors Urged To Tackle Exploitation And Improve Labour Rights In English Care Sector
New research from the University of Nottingham, and funded by Friends Provident Foundation, highlights the role investors and government can play in helping to improve…
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Hospice UK Warns Of ‘300 Closed Beds’ In English Hospices
Around 300 hospice inpatient beds are currently closed or out of use in England, Hospice UK has warned. Lack of funding and staff are the…
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LGA Calls For 10-Year Plan For Adult Social Care To Match NHS Strategy
The Government needs to co-create a 10-year plan for adult social care for the upcoming NHS long-term plan to succeed, councils have said. In its…
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Lords Science And Technology Committee Warns Of UK’s Capacity To Manufacture Vaccines For Future Threats
AN influential cross-party Lords Committee has written to the Government to raise concerns about its preparedness for future pandemics, describing the current situation as “troubling”….
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PM Sets Out Blueprint For Decade Of National Renewal
The Prime Minister has set out the milestones for how government will deliver on its national missions through a Plan for Change to drive real…
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