The government must inspect financially struggling councils to ensure they are fulfilling their social care duties, an umbrella group for disability charities has urged.
An improvement in the rate at which people ready to leave hospital are transferred into adult social care has saved the NHS £60m, according to sector leaders.
The cost of the Scottish Government’s flagship free personal care policy has topped £500m for the first time, reflecting the trend towards looking after older people in their own homes.
Day-to-day spending on public services will fall by 0.6% in real terms between 2020-21 and 2022-23, delegates at CIPFA’s annual conference heard this morning.
Bed blocking because of a lack of social care availability is costing the NHS an “eye-watering” £550 per minute, according to research by a charity released today.
The extra £20bn a year for the NHS is like “pouring water down a sink with no plug in” unless social care also receives a funding boost, council leaders and health groups have...
Households in the UK would have to pay up to £2,000 a year extra to keep the NHS afloat as it copes with increased demand, a major report out today has warned.
Scottish councils have been warned to think carefully before opting to deliver services through arm’s-length bodies, in a report from a public spending watchdog.
The NHS and adult social care sector should work more closely together – and the latter should be funded in a similar way to the health service, local government figures have heard.
The next chief executive of the Care Quality Commission will inherit an organisation with “persistent weaknesses and looming challenges”, MPs have warned.
The latest analysis of Scottish local government finances has shown that education and social work accounted for the bulk of council spending last financial year.
Vulnerable older people are being denied regular showers and visits to the toilet because of cuts to social care budgets, a report by trade union Unison has said.
The homes we live in can have a profound impact on our health and, by extension, on the finances of the NHS. Housing associations and care providers are being brought together to consider...
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.