CIPFA’s chief executive continues his ‘listen and learn’ process by examining the current issues affecting accountability, the health and social care overlap and new ways to look at...
Council leaders have warned that little can be done to improve the quality of home care services unless their finances are put on a more sustainable footing
Many councils are struggling to improve their child protection services and need better leadership to bring about sustained improvement in performance, Ofsted has warned today.
Every care home and adult social care service in England will be rated by Care Quality Commission inspectors by 2016, the new chief inspector of social care Andrea Sutcliffe said today.
The way councils commission home care is ‘unsustainable’, contributing to inadequate pay and conditions for care workers and threatening older people’s human rights, the equality watchdog has warned.
The government has been urged to ban councils from commissioning 15-minute care visits after a Freedom of Information request found their use was increasing, despite concerns that necessary support...
The government should reform tax reliefs to encourage people to save for the future costs of adult social care through their pension scheme, according to a report published by a law firm today
The Care Quality Commission is to be given ‘statutory independence’ from ministers to avoid ‘political interference’ in the watchdog, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.
Mental health services must be incorporated in plans for closer integration between NHS and social care provision to ensure best value for money, an inquiry looking at necessary reforms has...
Councils have been criticised for ‘turning a blind eye’ when home care providers pay their staff below the minimum wage. But commissioners should and do assume that bids include wage...
Former care minister Paul Burstow has called for the creation of an older people’s commissioner in England to represent the views of pensioners to government and encourage ministers to do more in...
A lack of adult social care places is one of the key reasons why pressure on NHS accident and emergency services has increased, senior health service managers have said in an NHS Confederation survey.
Around 340 carers will have their allowances backdated after an investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman discovered Liverpool City Council had been underpaying them for years.
Mutual firms delivering public services such as adult social care need better access to long-term funding, according to a report examining progress on the roll-out of employee-owned enterprises.
Everyone using adult social care services will be receive annual ‘care account’ statements once the government has introduced a cap on individual costs, care minster Norman Lamb said today.
Integration of health and social care was always going to be tough, but never before has there been such an unambiguous commitment to it, from the top of Whitehall down to town and county hall, GP...
The Local Government Association today published stark details of the impact on future council services of spending cuts, warning that some might be scrapped altogether.
Public sector workers are losing pride in their work and trust in their leaders as the government’s austerity programme bites, according to research published by management consultancy Hay Group.