The government will need to spend £6bn over the next three years to help implement care reforms or risk the sector falling into a “state of collapse”, the author of an independent report has warned.
Recruitment and retention issues have led to a 3% reduction in the social care workforce – the first decline in the sector since 2012, experts have said.
Councils have been urged to give greater consideration to property ownership and asset sales before accusing residents of deliberately making themselves poorer to receive funded care, the Local...
Local authorities need additional central government funding to cover the cost of inflation and care needs to save the sector from “the brink of collapse”, a parliamentary committee has warned.
Councils will not be able to fix recruitment and retention issues afflicting social care services if they do not have enough money to ensure staff are paid properly, MPs have warned.
The cost-of-living crisis is set to exacerbate existing funding constraints for councils and the social care market, and more central government funding will be necessary to avoid a winter crisis,...
Genuine collaboration between local government, the voluntary and community sector and commercial sectors is key to ensure the successful delivery of integrated care – and ensuring better outcomes...
The upcoming national care review has been tipped as a “once-in-a-generation” chance to reform how councils support vulnerable children at risk of harm, after rising demand caused costs to increase...
The funding committed to social care bodies through Health and Social Care Levy, which went live today, is not enough to meet cost pressures and sector reforms, according to an expert.
The government’s long-awaited social care white paper has failed to meet the hopes of many in the sector, with several organisations saying the billions of pounds pledged is not enough to solve...
Social care pressures saw some local authorities take “unorthodox measures” to balance their books, leading to a spike in upheld complaints last year, according to the sector's ombudsman.
The recently announced social care reforms are welcome, but councils are still in the dark over how long-term care will be funded, says Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government...
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned that the social care sector will not get as much money as it needs under the new health and social care levy.
Integrated care systems could be unable to run quality services amid rising demand if NHS bodies and local authorities are not financially sustainable, the National Audit Office has warned.
The government is considering setting aside the triple lock on state pensions in combination with a rise in national insurance contributions to pay for social care reforms, according to reports
