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29 Apr 19
NHS Providers’ Miriam Deakin explains why 15 health organisations came together last month to write to the prime minister to call for action to create a sustainable social care system.
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26 Apr 19
A charity has said carers across the UK have been left in “great distress” as government mistakes mean the Department for Work and Pensions is chasing them for a collective £150m.
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26 Apr 19
An increase in the numbers of working-age adults seeking social care support is heaping “immense” pressure on the system in England, a think-tank has found.
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23 Apr 19
The UK must become “more European” in its approach to public spending to end austerity, a think-tank has urged.
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15 Apr 19
Delays to the social care green paper are a result of the need for “greater consideration” of proposals, PF has heard.
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11 Apr 19
Local authorities in England spent £335m on agency care staff last financial year, according to research by The Guardian.
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9 Apr 19
The ExtraCare Charitable Trust has more than 3,800 homes in retirement villages and developments across the Midlands and North of England. The charity’s head of Shirley Hall explains why...
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5 Apr 19
Social care professionals have expressed disappointment after the publication of a green paper has been delayed again.
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3 Apr 19
Delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan is threatened by a “worrying level of disparity” in the financial performance of local health bodies, MPs have warned.
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3 Apr 19
The health service needs resources allocated in the right places, says CIPFA’s Eleanor Roy.
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11 Mar 19
Bodies commissioning health services must improve their performance as they start to cover wider areas as part of the NHS ten-year plan, a group of MPs has said.
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4 Mar 19
Mental health funding cuts and a fragmented service provision are piling the pressure on public services. Kim Thomas reports.
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26 Feb 19
Children’s services in England are at “breaking point” as funding has been slashed by nearly a third since 2010, charities have warned.
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21 Feb 19
NHS staff should be prioritised for mental health support and treatment, according to proposals backed by health secretary Matt Hancock.
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21 Feb 19
Local authority spending on unaccompanied asylum seeker children has doubled over the four years, analysis of government figures has revealed.
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20 Feb 19
Health and social care will best be integrated when there is a joint understanding of finance and governance across organisational boundaries, says CIPFA’s Eleanor Roy and HFMA’s Emma Knowles.
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19 Feb 19
Without asking people to pay more, the government will have to rein in the public's expectations on what public services they can hope to get, says the IFG’s Graham Atkins.
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12 Feb 19
Key ambitions for the NHS long-term plan are under threat because of chronic workforce shortages, a health think-tank has warned.
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11 Feb 19
Local government can expect an “ungenerous” deal in the Spending Review but it maybe be able to raise more in council tax.
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11 Feb 19
Public services face years more of austerity unless the chancellor hands out billions of extra pounds at the Spending Review, an economic think-tank has warned.
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8 Feb 19
Analysis of the Scottish draft budget has brought fresh questions over the role of tax policy in public spending north of the border.
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6 Feb 19
We need answers on how the government intends to ensure the NHS and social care are sustainable for the future, says CIPFA’s Eleanor Roy.
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6 Feb 19
The UK government is “in denial” over the sustainability of local government finances, a group of MPs has warned.
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23 Jan 19
The government should know more about why council spending on children’s social care in England is increasing, the National Audit Office has said.
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18 Jan 19
Growing waiting lists and budget deficits do not “paint a picture that is sustainable” for NHS finances, the National Audit Office has warned.