English councils could be forced to make draconian cuts to local services if Westminster does not pump extra cash into local government to avoid a £51.8bn black hole over the next six years.
Two years after the proposal of a green paper on urgently needed social care reform, over a million older people have either died waiting for a care package or had their requests refused, says Age UK...
Social care could be funded by a state pension-style model, taking financial burden away from local authorities, according to the former work and pensions secretary Damian Green.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
