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9 Jun 20
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...
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5 Jun 20
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...
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2 Jun 20
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.
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28 May 20
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has urged the government to end its delay on social care reform.
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12 May 20
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.
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30 Apr 20
The County Councils Network has called for clarity from the government on emergency coronavirus funding, as adult social care costs have soared by almost £1bn.
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27 Apr 20
Oldham County Council has become the latest to call on the government to provide further funding to authorities, as they struggle to offset costs incurred during the coronavirus pandemic.
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24 Apr 20
Hackney Council has warned that its funding gap could be as high as £19m this year, due to the cost of emergency coronavirus measures.
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20 Apr 20
Local authorities are to receive an additional £1.6bn from central government to help deal with the immediate impacts of coronavirus.
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17 Apr 20
Government proposals to provide additional support to the adult social care sector in England have been met with a lukewarm response.
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17 Apr 20
The UK government has introduced new measures to give local authorities greater financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic.
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14 Apr 20
Social care workers in Scotland are set to receive an immediate 3.3% pay increase, backdated to 1 April – following negotiations around increasing their pay to the real living wage.
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10 Mar 20
MPs have launched an inquiry to establish exactly how much more money the social care sector needs to drag itself out of its “longstanding crisis”.
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9 Mar 20
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.
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4 Mar 20
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...
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26 Feb 20
Auditors warn of “serious financial concerns” at one of the bodies responsible for planning health and social care services across Scotland.
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19 Feb 20
Government plans to scrap visas for low-skilled migrants have caused concern among health and social care groups, who say it will exacerbate workforce issues.
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27 Jan 20
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.
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14 Jan 20
Boris Johnson has vowed to bring forward a plan to fix the crisis in social care this year.
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19 Dec 19
Local government will need further assurances about funding, despite the Queen’s speech promising an “ambitious programme of domestic reform”, sector leaders have said.
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17 Dec 19
The government must produce a provisional local government finance settlement “immediately” to avoid adding to uncertainty for councils caused by a lack of social care plans, the shadow communities...
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9 Dec 19
Labour has costed its pledge of free personal care for older people and working age adults at £10bn by 2023-24.
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28 Nov 19
As many as 90,000 care workers will be needed immediately to fulfil social care manifesto commitments to expand and reform social care, a charity has said.
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22 Nov 19
A charity has blasted the government for the time it has “wasted” on drawing up a social care paper that still has not materialised.
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19 Nov 19
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to invest £35bn in health and social care over the next five years via a one pence increase to the basic rate of income tax.
9 Jun 20An 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...
5 Jun 20With 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...
2 Jun 20The 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.
28 May 20The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has urged the government to end its delay on social care reform.
30 Apr 20The County Councils Network has called for clarity from the government on emergency coronavirus funding, as adult social care costs have soared by almost £1bn.
27 Apr 20Oldham County Council has become the latest to call on the government to provide further funding to authorities, as they struggle to offset costs incurred during the coronavirus pandemic.
24 Apr 20Hackney Council has warned that its funding gap could be as high as £19m this year, due to the cost of emergency coronavirus measures.
17 Apr 20The UK government has introduced new measures to give local authorities greater financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic.
14 Apr 20Social care workers in Scotland are set to receive an immediate 3.3% pay increase, backdated to 1 April – following negotiations around increasing their pay to the real living wage.
10 Mar 20MPs have launched an inquiry to establish exactly how much more money the social care sector needs to drag itself out of its “longstanding crisis”.
9 Mar 20Health 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.
26 Feb 20Auditors warn of “serious financial concerns” at one of the bodies responsible for planning health and social care services across Scotland.
19 Feb 20Government plans to scrap visas for low-skilled migrants have caused concern among health and social care groups, who say it will exacerbate workforce issues.
27 Jan 20Adult 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.
14 Jan 20Boris Johnson has vowed to bring forward a plan to fix the crisis in social care this year.
19 Dec 19Local government will need further assurances about funding, despite the Queen’s speech promising an “ambitious programme of domestic reform”, sector leaders have said.
17 Dec 19The government must produce a provisional local government finance settlement “immediately” to avoid adding to uncertainty for councils caused by a lack of social care plans, the shadow communities...
9 Dec 19Labour has costed its pledge of free personal care for older people and working age adults at £10bn by 2023-24.
22 Nov 19A charity has blasted the government for the time it has “wasted” on drawing up a social care paper that still has not materialised.
19 Nov 19The Liberal Democrats have pledged to invest £35bn in health and social care over the next five years via a one pence increase to the basic rate of income tax.
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