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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.
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11 Oct 19
The upcoming Queen’s Speech must be used to provide a long-term solution for social care, umbrella groups have said.
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8 Oct 19
The lack of social care investment is a worry for nine out of 10 NHS trust leaders in England, a survey has found.
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24 Sep 19
Labour’s policy for providing free personal care for over 65s does not appear to protect against longer-term “catastrophic costs”, an assistant director of the Health Foundation told an audience at...
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23 Sep 19
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has pledged to implement free personal care in England to tackle the “national scandal” in social care.
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10 Sep 19
Social care is a “hidden scandal” that the public does not fully understand, a think-tank event has been told.
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9 Sep 19
Every council in England should provide specialist autism support, a cross-party group of MPs has urged.
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4 Sep 19
Chancellor Sajid Javid heralded the “end of austerity” during his Spending Round statement, as he handed out £1.5bn for social care.
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29 Aug 19
If the chancellor does not continue to pay temporary grants for social care next financial year councils in England will be forced to decommission services, an umbrella group has warned.
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5 Jul 19
The long-awaited social care green paper is being delayed by “partisan politics”, the health secretary has claimed.
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4 Jul 19
An immediate £8bn funding package must be introduced to tackle a social care system “riddled with unfairness”, a lords committee has said.
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26 Jun 19
Just over a third of adult social care directors in England think they have the funds to meet statutory duties this financial year, a damning survey has revealed.
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23 May 19
Making social care free at the point of need for over 65s could save the NHS £4.5bn each year by 2030, according to think-tank analysis.
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.
4 Mar 20Almost 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...
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.
11 Oct 19The upcoming Queen’s Speech must be used to provide a long-term solution for social care, umbrella groups have said.
8 Oct 19The lack of social care investment is a worry for nine out of 10 NHS trust leaders in England, a survey has found.
24 Sep 19Labour’s policy for providing free personal care for over 65s does not appear to protect against longer-term “catastrophic costs”, an assistant director of the Health Foundation told an audience at...
23 Sep 19Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has pledged to implement free personal care in England to tackle the “national scandal” in social care.
10 Sep 19Social care is a “hidden scandal” that the public does not fully understand, a think-tank event has been told.
4 Sep 19Chancellor Sajid Javid heralded the “end of austerity” during his Spending Round statement, as he handed out £1.5bn for social care.
29 Aug 19If the chancellor does not continue to pay temporary grants for social care next financial year councils in England will be forced to decommission services, an umbrella group has warned.
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