The public sector is ‘woefully underprepared’ for the impact of an ageing society and urgent government action is needed to avert a crisis in English health and social care services, peers warned...
The four ‘whole place’ Community Budget pilots in England show that integrated spending could lead to cheaper and better services, the National Audit Office said today.
People with dementia are not receiving the help they need because health and care services are ‘struggling’ to cope, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
There are still big gaps in childcare provision in the UK despite councils’ obligations to ensure adequate services, according to a survey published today.
The government’s proposals on long-term care have been broadly welcomed but there are concerns that they do nothing to address chronic under-funding in the sector.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt today set out details of the government’s plans to overhaul inspections of NHS hospitals in England following the ‘disaster’ of failures in care at the Mid Staffordshire...
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced plans for a £75,000 cap on an individual’s lifetime social care costs, as part of government reforms to funding of care for the elderly to be in place from...
Councils could cut back-office costs by more than a third if they give ‘chip and pin’ style prepaid cards to people with personal care budgets, according to think-tank Demos.
Councils have urged the government to speed up reforms to the adoption system, warning that ‘ridiculous’ bureaucracy is hampering attempts to recruit more parents.
Prime Minister David Cameron today backed proposals to introduce a cap on adult social care costs as part of the coalition government’s mid-term review.
Former care services minister Paul Burstow has urged the government to fund a cap on adult care costs by means-testing the Winter Fuel Payment, currently paid to everyone aged 60 and over.
Former Conservative MP David Prior has been named as the new chair of the Care Quality Commission and will take up the post towards the end of next month.
Councils have criticised the latest publication of adoption scorecards by the government, warning that the data could lead to ‘misleading’ comparisons between authorities.