Southampton Urgent Response Service Rated Outstanding
Southampton City Council has announced that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has confirmed the award of an “Outstanding” rating for the Urgent Response Service, which…
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Social Care
Strain on Unpaid Carers Putting Adult Social Care at Increased Risk of Collapse
The strain on millions of unpaid carers is harming their health, jeopardising the care of loved ones they care for, and putting the adult social…
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Auto-Enrolment Plans Considered To Tackle Social Care Crisis
The Department of Health and Social Care is considering a pensions-style opt-out system to tackle Britain’s mounting social care funding crisis, health secretary Matt Hancock…
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Confusion Worsens Crisis In Social Care Staffing, Provider Group Warns
Confusion over the future of EU workers in Britain threatens to deepen the crisis in the social care workforce, a care providers’ group warned today….
Read more...Social Care Out In The Cold?
Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has expressed concern that once again the social care sector has been…
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Welsh Care Minister Sets ‘Ambitious’ Plan For Social Care
Huw Irranca-Davies, the Welsh minister for children, older people and social care highlighted how Wales is pushing ahead with its ‘ambitious’ plan for social care….
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Call For Evidence Launched Into Social Care Funding In England
The Economic Affairs Committee, chaired by the Rt. Hon. the Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, has launched its inquiry into the social care system in England…
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Research Reveals More About 20,000 Influential People In Adult Social Care
Skills for Care’s research into who registered managers are and what they do has revealed new insights into one of the most influential roles in…
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Christie & Co Publishes New Report On Adult Social Care
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has published its fourth annual report on adult social care. The report highlights the sector’s continued funding and…
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LGA Responds To Government’s Health And Social Care Staff Consultation
Responding to a national engagement exercise with health and social care staff launched by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock, Cllr…
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Over Four Fifths Of Mps Believe Adult Social Care Funding Needs To Be Increased
The overwhelming majority of MPs and peers agree that additional funding should go to councils’ adult social care budgets to tackle the funding crisis facing…
Read more...LGA Responds To ADASS Analysis Of Social Care Savings To NHS
Responding to analysis by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Service (ADASS) which shows that social care has saved the NHS almost £60 million…
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ADASS Reveals Social Care Has Saved Nhs Almost £60 Million Over The Last Year
Adult Social Care has saved the NHS almost £60 million through reducing pressures, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) reveals today in…
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Baroness Jolly: We Must Put The Best Interests Of Patients First And End The Crisis In Social Care
Baroness Judith Jolly, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Health, has written about the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) system, covered in the Mental Capacity Act Amendment…
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Is The Nation Ready For Higher Taxes To Fund Social Care?
Two thirds (68%) agree social care should be funded jointly by state and individual People open to the contributing more towards social care, but an…
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