The government is set to provide an update on progress towards reforming the social care system “following the forthcoming Spending Review”, it has said.
Social care provision should remain outsourced despite the problems in the sector, King’s Fund director of policy Sally Warren told a Public Finance Live conference session on care reform after Covid...
Covid-19 exacerbated the already stark problems faced by the social care sector, but offers an opportunity to change course in some areas, a Public Finance Live session has been told.
Annual spending on adult social care in England, based on a spend-per-person basis, is currently £600m lower than in 2010, according to a report by the TUC.
A care leader has voiced disappointment that a government pledge of £300m to help the NHS prepare for winter has not been matched by similar funding for care homes.
The Welsh government is to allocate an additional £22.7m in funding for adult social care services, to help meet the additional costs resulting from Covid-19.
Almost all of adult social care directors feel they require additional funding to help them cope with Covid-19, according to a survey from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Care.
Covid-19 has made the interdependence between social care and the NHS clear, and we need to move forward with that interdependence in mind, argues CIPFA's Dr Eleanor Roy.
An increase to taxes and making more people eligible for free care will not be enough to fix the social care system, which is “unfit for purpose”, a report from think-tank the Adam Smith Institute...
With the social care crisis having been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, CIPFA's health and social care policy manager Dr Eleanor Roy outlines some essential requirements to help the...
The government’s rollout of the Infection Control Fund for care homes has been branded “confusing” and “unnecessarily bureaucratic” by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Care Services.
Care homes could be forced to close if councils cannot meet the ballooning costs caused by the coronavirus outbreak, the head of a care-home provider has warned.
Health secretary Matt Hancock has written to MPs and peers asking for their views on adult social reforms, as the government attempts to reach a cross-party consensus.
Almost half of councils overspent on their adult social care budget in 2018/19, while 82% of councils overspent exceeding their financial plans for children’s social care, according to research from...
The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned growing debt in private care providers is putting children at risk, after finding that six out of 10 of the largest providers had more debts and...
Local authorities have overspent on children’s social care by £3.2bn in the last five years as the try to offset cuts from central government, analysis has found.
Government must support families – including ‘corporate’ ones – instead of heaping scorn on them when low income leaves them struggling to cope, writes Kathy Evans of Children England.
Adult social care funding will be slashed for metropolitan councils in England with cash being funnelled to shire counties under the government’s new fair funding formula, according to analysis.
