The proportion of patients found to be no longer eligible for health and social care costs following reassessment has risen by almost 30% in the past eight years – even though the criteria for...
English councils are facing rising external debt and a fall in usable reserves following a 4.1% real-terms increase in spending on social care by local authorities in the past year, analysis has...
The chair of the Independent Commission into Adult Social Care has called for a national conversation about the issue, warning of a reliance on cobbled together and underfunded services.
England stands to learn important lessons from elsewhere in the UK on its care reform journey, as CIPFA and the LGIU’s second briefing on the subject reveals.
Private companies operating care services in just three English regions have made more than £250m in profits in three years, according to the latest analysis.
William Burns, social care policy adivsor at CIPFA, explores whether a National Care Service could deliver sustainability for the troubled sector in England, and looks elsewhere in the UK to learn...
The government’s £500m fair pay agreement for care workers will not be enough to address recruitment and retention issues in the sector, leaders have warned.
The prolonged timetable for introducing a National Care Service is a source of concern given mounting pressure on adult social care, according to analysis by CIPFA and the Local Government...
Almost two million people are carrying out unpaid care work for at least 35 hours a week as England’s social care system reaches “breaking point”, a report has warned.
Councils grappling with record overspends in adult social care have been forced to cut prevention spending by over a tenth in the past year, according to new research.
Overstretched children’s social care services have led to an “alarming” number of young people leaving the care system not in employment, training or education, with many rapidly becoming homeless, a...
Local authorities may be missing out on opportunities to prevent ill-health and boost wellbeing because they are struggling to make the investment case for preventative digital care.
The government has come under pressure to provide a long-term funding solution for children’s social care in the light of analysis showing 1,700 children are referred to social services every day in...
The financial position of Scotland’s integration joint boards has become increasingly precarious, with a funding gap of over £450m projected for this financial year, according to analysis.
The government has set up a cross-party review of adult social care to propose ways to transform the sector, which has faced years of failed or unpopular proposals, and deal with one of the UK’s most...
Urgent action is needed to tackle a crisis in adult social care brought on by decades of inaction and short-term fixes, the government has been warned.
More than four in five councils are expected to overspend their adult social care budgets this year, according to a new survey which reveals the “growing and urgent” strain under which services are...
The government is being urged to take “immediate and decisive” action to tackle a workforce crisis in adult social care that is putting councils under mounting financial strain.
