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King's Fund commission rethinks health and social careThe King's Fund has set up a commission to consider the future of health and social care. 18 June 2013
Funding cuts 'raise spectre of unviable councils', says PACGovernment cuts might leave some councils unable to meet their statutory duties, the Public Accounts Committee warned today. 07 June 2013
Ex-minister calls for social care funding clarityFormer care minister Paul Burstow has urged the government to set out a clear plan for the future of adult social care funding in the June 26 Spending Review. 04 June 2013
Integrated care remains a long way off, say NHS managersLittle progress has been made on integrating health and social care services in England, which risks making services financially unsustainable in the future, senior NHS managers have warned. 03 June 2013
Hunt offers £260m to help hospitals go digitalHospitals are to share £260m of additional funding to speed up the move to electronic patient records and prescriptions, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced. 17 May 2013
Ministers, NHS and LGA sign pledge to integrate careThe Department of Health, the NHS, local authorities and regulators have today signed a landmark agreement to integrate health and social care services within five years. 14 May 2013
Adult care funding cut by a fifth, says AdassCouncils' adult care budgets have been slashed by £2.7bn a fifth of their funding over the past three years, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services said today. 08 May 2013
Labour commission to probe integrated care spendingThe Labour Party has set up an independent commission to examine how to integrate health and social care spending. 22 April 2013
Ofsted announces single inspection regime for children's servicesOfsted has ditched plans for separate inspections of child protection and looked-after children services following discussions with councils. 12 April 2013
Disability benefit changes 'will cut income of 600,000 people'Disability campaigners have warned that more than half a million disabled people are set to lose out financially as benefit changes come into force this week. 08 April 2013
Councils pledge to make up shortfall in adoptive parentsLocal authority bosses have put forward plans to speed up adoptions and keep councils involved in the recruitment of adoptive parents. 04 April 2013
NHS hospitals face care inspection shake-upHealth Secretary Jeremy Hunt today announced changes in the inspection and regulation of NHS services following the care failings at Mid Staffordshire trust. 26 March 2013
All four Community Budget pilots go live from AprilThe government has confirmed that the plans developed by the four 'whole place' Community Budget pilots across England will be implemented from next month. 26 March 2013
Working families to receive 20% of childcare costsThe government is to 'massively extend' the tax-free childcare support available to working parents with young children, Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced today. 19 March 2013
Councils face court cases over care costs capLocal authorities could face a 'deluge' of legal challenges over social care services unless the government clarifies which costs count towards the planned lifetime cap on charges, MPs and peers warned today. 19 March 2013