Top tier councils spend over three-quarters of their net revenue expenditure on social care, according to analysis highlighting the intense strain on authorities in the face of surging demand and...
The government has set up a cross-party review of adult social care to propose ways to transform the sector, which has faced years of failed or unpopular proposals, and deal with one of the UK’s most...
Urgent action is needed to tackle a crisis in adult social care brought on by decades of inaction and short-term fixes, the government has been warned.
More than four in five councils are expected to overspend their adult social care budgets this year, according to a new survey which reveals the “growing and urgent” strain under which services are...
The government is being urged to take “immediate and decisive” action to tackle a workforce crisis in adult social care that is putting councils under mounting financial strain.
The government scrapping “underfunded” adult social care charging reforms to save money does not solve major challenges the sector faces, and short-term fixes – including more funding – are needed...
Fragmented funding in the face of rising waiting lists and chronic understaffing has brought the adult social care sector “to its knees”, according to an influential group of MPs.
A forecast £57m gap in 2025-26 has forced Hampshire County Council to look at making huge cuts – even ones that “do not necessarily make sense” – to ensure the authority passes the “commissioner test...
Sustained long-term investment in community and social care is the key to managing NHS pressures, despite new government funding to speed up hospital discharging, experts have warned.
County council leaders have warned that they face a financial situation worse than at any point in recent years, with services at risk, if their budgets are cut in the government’s push for savings.
A borough council paid a social care provider £1.2m more than it was owed, due to a “lack of a common understanding of roles and responsibilities”, according to an internal audit.
The government’s long-awaited social care white paper has failed to meet the hopes of many in the sector, with several organisations saying the billions of pounds pledged is not enough to solve...
Staff shortages in the NHS and social care pose the “biggest risk to post-pandemic recovery” and health service funding needs to grow twice as fast as it has in the past decade, research has...
The Department of Health and Social Care is ‘complacent’ about the risks of financial failure in local care provision, according to Parliament's Public Accounts Committee.
The brief mention of social care in the Queen’s Speech represents a “missed opportunity” to spur desperately needed reform, many in the sector have warned.
Councils in England will receive an additional £3bn to cover Covid-19 expenditure over the next year, alongside a lifting of social care precept for council tax, the government has confirmed.
