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28 Jun 17
Extra government funding for social care does not go far enough and councils continue to have to make cuts to services, social services leaders have warned.
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27 Jun 17
A compulsory insurance scheme, charging around £30 per month, should be introduced to fund the spiralling social care costs, the Reform think-tank has said.
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27 Jun 17
Bold and radical reforms are needed to address the problem of an ageing population. Pre-funded care is an attractive solution
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6 Jun 17
Sharing best practice on how to integrate health and social care successfully can be difficult. A CIPFA webinar aims to address this and put the spotlight on Plymouth’s pioneering work
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2 Jun 17
Jon Rouse is navigating Greater Manchester’s health and social care services into uncharted territory. The head of ‘devo health’ talks to PF about what lies ahead
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1 Jun 17
Pooled Better Care Fund budgets have to be reflected in the accounts of those involved. How this is done depends on who controls what
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22 May 17
A Conservative government could have to legislate to allow councils to borrow money to fund social services, the head of CIPFA has said.
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22 May 17
Conservative plans to shake up social care funding are being built on “very shaky foundations” as councils do not take a consistent approach to deferred payments, a former pensions...
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15 May 17
Care homes paid for by the state are struggling under a “cloud of uncertainty and risk” and lose about 2,000 beds a year, healthcare consultants have said.
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12 May 17
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned of “inevitable trade-offs” ahead as public spending pressures mount over the next 50 years.
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9 May 17
Social care is facing a £2.1bn funding gap by 2019/20 to meet the growing need, a charity has warned in a general election briefing.
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24 Apr 17
We need to change the way we think about social care, shifting away from need towards outcomes
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6 Apr 17
One in ten councils have slashed spending on adult social care by more than a quarter, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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4 Apr 17
Brexit is already having a profound effect on the recruitment and retention of public service workers, according to leading economist Jonathan Portes.
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31 Mar 17
An urgent review of social care funding is needed as “inadequate” resources are placing people at serious risk, the communities and local government committee has warned.
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29 Mar 17
Two councils in the landmark west London 'tri-borough' partnership are to serve notice on the arrangement.
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27 Mar 17
Nine out of 10 local authorities in England will increase their council tax bills from April, a survey has found, reinforcing findings from CIPFA released earlier in March.
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22 Mar 17
Are services achieving more with less or are they at breaking point? The Performance Tracker uses government information to assess how well they really are doing. It is hoped this data will help the...
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14 Mar 17
Deferred payment agreements can help older people fund their long-term care and should be more widely available
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13 Mar 17
While everyone agrees that there is a social care crisis there is little consensus about the size of the gap and how far new investment goes to closing it
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10 Mar 17
Change can make people apprehensive, and managers need to understand what staff are going through and show them a new approach is attractive and achievable.
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9 Mar 17
There was some welcome news for public services in Philip Hammond’s spring Budget, but also quite a lot of “wait and see”
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8 Mar 17
There were no big surprises in this Budget and little sense of any solutions to intractable policy problems. The chancellor should beware of trying to micromanage from the centre
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8 Mar 17
The Treasury is to hand over £2bn to fund adult social services in England over the next three years – with £1bn of that being available in the next financial year.
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6 Mar 17
A small number of local authorities are to blame for half of all delayed discharges in the NHS, chancellor Philip Hammond said as he indicated this week’s Budget could provide targeted cash to tackle...