Release Of Green Paper On Social Care Delayed Until Autumn
Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, announced yesterday that the long awaited Green Paper on social care funding is to…
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Social Care
NHS Funding Must Be Matched By Social Care Funding, Says LGA
Responding to the keynote speech by Theresa May on funding for the NHS, Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board,…
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Make Social Care ‘Free At The Point Of Need’, Say Former Labour And Tory Ministers
Labour and Tory ministers have called on the government to make social ‘free at the point of need’. The Lord Darzi Review of Health and Social…
Read more...New Figures Reveal 82% Of British Public Support Increase In Social Care Spending
NHS Confederation-commissioned research from the Health Foundation and Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) sets out strong evidence supporting an increase in spending on social care….
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Charity Backs Adass Call for a Secure Future for Social Care
Hft, a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, has once again called on the government to provide a sustainable funding solution for the…
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New Funding To Digitise Information Flow Between Adult Social Care And Health Settings
Local authorities, residential and domiciliary adult social care providers, researchers, academic organisations working in partnership with health organisations are being invited to apply for new…
Read more...LGA Responds To Cqc Report On Importance Of Quality Staff To Improve Adult Social Care
Responding to today’s report by the Care Quality Commission on the importance of having good quality staff to improve the adult social care sector, Cllr…
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Adult Social Care Employers Contribute £46 Billion to the UK Economy
Adult social care employers contribute £46.2 billion to the UK economy according to a new report published today. ‘The Economic Value of the Adult Social…
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Immigration Controls For Charities Post-Brexit Could Worsen The Crisis In Social Care
Charities say they will struggle to find the skills among UK citizens to fill the gap The vast majority of EU migrants working for social…
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Social Care Reform At A Fork In The Road, Says New Report
The Health Foundation and The King’s Fund have highlighted a worrying lack of progress on social care reform, in extensive new analysis of funding pressures and options…
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At Least 166,000 Trapped In Social Care Debt
More than 1,100 taken to court by local authorities for social care debt during past two years according to GMB analysis. An investigation by GMB,…
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The Workforce Development Innovation Fund Is Now Open For Applications
Applications for the Workforce Development Innovation Fund are now open backing trailblazing adult social care workforce development projects that are in development, being tested or…
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Leading Dementia Charity Backs Call for National Action Plans to Fight Condition
Alzheimer’s Research UK is backing a call for governments worldwide to develop and implement action plans for tackling dementia. The recommendation, which comes during Dementia…
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NHS Confederation-Commissioned Study Shows Funding is Urgently Needed to Prevent ‘Decade of Misery’
Today the NHS Confederation responded to Securing The Future: Funding health and social care to the 2030s, the report it commissioned with the Health Foundation…
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New Pub Opens At Borough Care’s Bamford Close Home
A pub built by Borough Care at its Bamford Close home for older people in Cale Green, Stockport is now open for business. Residents and…
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