Children’s services are at breaking point with 75% of councils overspending to keep vital protections in place, Local Government Association research has revealed.
The government has temporarily suspended HMRC enforcement action and is waiving historic financial penalties against the social care sector in its row over sleep-in shift pay.
Extra government funding for social care does not go far enough and councils continue to have to make cuts to services, social services leaders have warned.
A compulsory insurance scheme, charging around £30 per month, should be introduced to fund the spiralling social care costs, the Reform think-tank has said.
Sharing best practice on how to integrate health and social care successfully can be difficult. A CIPFA webinar aims to address this and put the spotlight on Plymouth’s pioneering work
The social care pledges of the three main parties all do “little to address the fundamentals of the current social care crisis”, according to a health think-tank.
Conservative plans to shake up social care funding are being built on “very shaky foundations” as councils do not take a consistent approach to deferred payments, a former pensions...
Care homes paid for by the state are struggling under a “cloud of uncertainty and risk” and lose about 2,000 beds a year, healthcare consultants have said.
An urgent review of social care funding is needed as “inadequate” resources are placing people at serious risk, the communities and local government committee has warned.
While everyone agrees that there is a social care crisis there is little consensus about the size of the gap and how far new investment goes to closing it
The Treasury is to hand over £2bn to fund adult social services in England over the next three years – with £1bn of that being available in the next financial year.
A small number of local authorities are to blame for half of all delayed discharges in the NHS, chancellor Philip Hammond said as he indicated this week’s Budget could provide targeted cash to tackle...
NHS bodies have called on the government to provide extra funding in the 8 March Budget to help local areas deliver social care for older people to avoid a “complete collapse” in the...
