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10 Sep 19
Social care is a “hidden scandal” that the public does not fully understand, a think-tank event has been told.
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9 Sep 19
Every council in England should provide specialist autism support, a cross-party group of MPs has urged.
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5 Sep 19
Social care needs a government-sponsored ‘national care service’ to tackle the issue of underinvestment in employees in the sector, MPs have said.
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2 Sep 19
The prime minister’s £3.5m package for councils, expected to be announced in this week’s Spending Round, would be a “very welcome contribution” if it is not money that has already been announced.
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27 Aug 19
Funding shortages and increased demand pressure meant that local authorities had to spend £770m more than planned on children’s services in 2018-19, according to the Local Government Association.
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22 Aug 19
A leaked government document has raised fears that a no-deal Brexit could worsen the already “perilous” state of the social care sector.
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21 Aug 19
Adult social care in London faces a budget gap of £540m by 2025 unless a national funding shortfall in the sector is addressed, according to new research.
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15 Aug 19
A petition signed by more than 150,000 individuals has been given to the prime minister to urge him to deliver on his promise to “fix” the social care system.
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13 Aug 19
Nearly two-thirds of looked after children are cared for by local authorities with substandard services, a think-tank has found.
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2 Aug 19
The care system has come under increasing strain in the last five years because of a huge rise in the number of teenagers going into care, according to analysis.
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1 Aug 19
The King’s Fund’s Sally Warren explains why she is not as delighted as she might be by Boris Johnson’s pledge to fix social care.
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30 Jul 19
Northamptonshire County Council’s children services are “failing to keep children safe”, a watchdog has concluded.
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5 Jul 19
The long-awaited social care green paper is being delayed by “partisan politics”, the health secretary has claimed.
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4 Jul 19
An immediate £8bn funding package must be introduced to tackle a social care system “riddled with unfairness”, a lords committee has said.
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26 Jun 19
Just over a third of adult social care directors in England think they have the funds to meet statutory duties this financial year, a damning survey has revealed.
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13 Jun 19
An additional £4.5m in government funding has been confirmed for a scheme that aims to improve the wellbeing of unpaid carers.
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28 May 19
Local government will increasingly struggle to fund services as demand for social care rises, warns a think-tank.
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1 May 19
The Spending Review must provide a six-year £3.1bn package for local authorities’ children’s services “at a minimum”, MPs have urged.
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29 Apr 19
Social care could be funded by a state pension-style model, taking financial burden away from local authorities, according to the former work and pensions secretary Damian Green.
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29 Apr 19
NHS Providers’ Miriam Deakin explains why 15 health organisations came together last month to write to the prime minister to call for action to create a sustainable social care system.
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26 Apr 19
An increase in the numbers of working-age adults seeking social care support is heaping “immense” pressure on the system in England, a think-tank has found.
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11 Apr 19
Dementia is the UK’s biggest health concern, so how should the social care Green Paper address it? Paul Edwards of Dementia UK has some answers.
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11 Apr 19
Local authorities in England spent £335m on agency care staff last financial year, according to research by The Guardian.
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5 Apr 19
Social care professionals have expressed disappointment after the publication of a green paper has been delayed again.
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22 Mar 19
Councils warn of a “rising threat” of modern slavery as referral rates have exploded over the past five years, data has shown.