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19 Oct 16
The prognosis for the NHS in a post-Brexit world is still very uncertain. What are the issues to watch out for as negotiations unfold?
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18 Oct 16
Funding a sustainable healthcare system was always going to be a marathon, not a sprint
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13 Oct 16
Experts brought together by PF and CIPFA as part of the Public Finance Perspectives series have concluded that urgent and radical reforms will be needed to fund the health and social care...
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12 Oct 16
Actions taken by the Department for Education since 2010 to improve the quality of local child protection services have been “extremely disappointing”, the National Audit Office said...
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28 Sep 16
Patients are too often being discharged from hospital when it is not safe for them to leave due to poor levels of health and social care integration, according to MPs.
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22 Sep 16
Social work funding in Scotland’s councils has reached a tipping point and services can no longer be sustained under existing approaches, according to a hard-hitting report today from the local...
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16 Sep 16
Cuts to adult social care have left the system increasingly unable to meet the needs of the older people who depend on it, with the funding gap set to reach at least £2.8bn by the end of the decade,...
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22 Jul 16
Tributes have been paid to Harold Bodmer, president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, whose sudden death was announced this week.
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13 Jul 16
The introduction of a council tax precept to boost social care funding will fail to cover the extra costs faced by the sector from the National Living Wage according to the Association of Directors...
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30 Jun 16
Councils will raise £382m from a council tax precept to fund adult social care, but spending will only rise by £308m, according to data published by the government today.
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30 Jun 16
Projects to integrate health and social care provision should not get “distracted” by creating new jobs to oversee joint working, a review has found.
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29 Jun 16
Weak leadership in England’s child services is letting down the most vulnerable children in society, according to an Ofsted report.
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8 Jun 16
Personal budgets for social care may result in worse outcomes for recipients as local authorities’ drive for savings is prioritised over good results for users, the Public Accounts Committee...
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6 Jun 16
Local services are failing to help carers stay healthy, happy and financially secure, according to research launched to mark the start of Carers Week.
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2 Jun 16
A charity has claimed that the Care Act has failed after revealing that council spending on support for disabled people and carers fell in the first year after implementation.
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26 May 16
Radical action is needed to tackle delays in discharging older patients from hospital and stop the costs adding further strain to the financial sustainability of both the NHS and local government,...
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25 May 16
Children’s services in Birmingham are to be run by a voluntary trust under plans announced by the city council.
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29 Mar 16
Councils are warning that the introduction of the national living wage this week will push social care services towards “breaking point”.
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3 Mar 16
The Department of Health’s understanding of how to commission personalised adult social care services is outdated and inadequate, especially when money is tight, the National Audit Office has...
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26 Jan 16
Government plans to shore up local authority social care budgets are not going to be sufficient. They might have to think again
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14 Dec 15
Councils with poorly performing children’s social services will have the departments taken over by other authorities or charities under plans set out by David Cameron today.
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9 Dec 15
The health and care sector is demanding urgent Whitehall talks over what it says is a funding crisis despite Chancellor George Osborne authorising council tax increases to pay for provision.
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16 Nov 15
Residential care standards in England are threatened by low staffing levels and poor quality training for carers.
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30 Oct 15
The current system of support for young people leaving care is failing some of the country’s most vulnerable people, the Public Accounts Committee has concluded today.
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23 Oct 15
Integration of health and social care will require significant additional upfront funding to be successful, and the reform is not likely to lead to savings in the short-term, an analysis by CIPFA has...
19 Oct 16The prognosis for the NHS in a post-Brexit world is still very uncertain. What are the issues to watch out for as negotiations unfold?
18 Oct 16Funding a sustainable healthcare system was always going to be a marathon, not a sprint
13 Oct 16Experts brought together by PF and CIPFA as part of the Public Finance Perspectives series have concluded that urgent and radical reforms will be needed to fund the health and social care...
12 Oct 16Actions taken by the Department for Education since 2010 to improve the quality of local child protection services have been “extremely disappointing”, the National Audit Office said...
28 Sep 16Patients are too often being discharged from hospital when it is not safe for them to leave due to poor levels of health and social care integration, according to MPs.
22 Sep 16Social work funding in Scotland’s councils has reached a tipping point and services can no longer be sustained under existing approaches, according to a hard-hitting report today from the local...
16 Sep 16Cuts to adult social care have left the system increasingly unable to meet the needs of the older people who depend on it, with the funding gap set to reach at least £2.8bn by the end of the decade,...
22 Jul 16Tributes have been paid to Harold Bodmer, president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, whose sudden death was announced this week.
30 Jun 16Councils will raise £382m from a council tax precept to fund adult social care, but spending will only rise by £308m, according to data published by the government today.
30 Jun 16Projects to integrate health and social care provision should not get “distracted” by creating new jobs to oversee joint working, a review has found.
29 Jun 16Weak leadership in England’s child services is letting down the most vulnerable children in society, according to an Ofsted report.
8 Jun 16Personal budgets for social care may result in worse outcomes for recipients as local authorities’ drive for savings is prioritised over good results for users, the Public Accounts Committee...
6 Jun 16Local services are failing to help carers stay healthy, happy and financially secure, according to research launched to mark the start of Carers Week.
25 May 16Children’s services in Birmingham are to be run by a voluntary trust under plans announced by the city council.
26 Jan 16Government plans to shore up local authority social care budgets are not going to be sufficient. They might have to think again
30 Oct 15The current system of support for young people leaving care is failing some of the country’s most vulnerable people, the Public Accounts Committee has concluded today.
23 Oct 15Integration of health and social care will require significant additional upfront funding to be successful, and the reform is not likely to lead to savings in the short-term, an analysis by CIPFA has...
