Local authorities are projected to fund over half (52%) of increased labour costs passed on by providers as a result of the fair pay agreement for social care, analysis has fund.
Scotland’s political leaders have been told they face a ‘defining moment’ for local services — with social care at the centre of a new call for action from the nation’s 32 councils.
News that social care inquiry head Baroness Casey may lead another investigation has prompted fears over the Government’s priorities.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB has committed £600,000 to fund a programme targeting frequent A&E users.
Emergency Government bailouts for councils are at risk of becoming ‘normalised’ due to overspending on social care and homelessness services, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).
An £80m funding boost to expand a scheme to support people back into the workplace has been announced.
A new report by The King’s Fund think-tank has proposed moving to a national system for assessing people’s social care needs such as in Australia, Germany and Japan.
More should be done to devolve health, Mayor of the North East Kim McGuinness has told a Labour Party conference fringe session.
A social care leader has said a pledge by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to abolish indefinite leave to remain (ILR) would be ‘potentially catastrophic’ for social care.
Deep inequalities have been revealed in access to NHS funded care packages with an almost fivefold difference between the ICBs with the highest and lowest rates of CHC eligibility.
A new Education Committee report has called for ‘root and branch transformation’ of the ‘broken’ SEND system.
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