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Social care staff carrying out tasks previously undertaken by NHS, without extra funding, say directors

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Adult social care staff are carrying out tasks previously undertaken by the NHS in most areas, without compensatory funding, council heads have reported. Seventy per cent of directors said this was the case, in response to an Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) survey carried out in September and October of this year.

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Extra £200m for social care in council settlement ‘wholly inadequate’, warn sector heads

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Funding shortfall However, this does not cover the extra costs facing authorities from the impact of the employer NICs rise on the providers that they commission, notably in adults’ services. The MSIF is designed to help councils increase fees to providers, boost workforce capacity and cut waiting times for assessments and services.

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£1bn boost to adult social care funding ‘not enough to cover costs’, warn leaders

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However, this falls far short of the estimated £1.8bn in extra costs facing councils , chiefly driven by rises in employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) and the national living wage(NLW), the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has warned.

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ADASS president: ‘If you see black women in leadership, you believe you can achieve that too’

Community Care

Beverley Tarka this week became the first black president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) since its establishment in 2007. We want a shift from the dominant narrative around hospital discharge. On taking up the presidency, she says: “It’s daunting – but exciting at the same time.

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The legacy of Conservative rule for adult social care

Community Care

While authorities strove to protect adult social care from these cuts, their spending on the service was only marginally higher 2019-20 than 2010-11, after taking account of inflation. Local partnership working between the NHS and social care on hospital discharge.

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No funded social care commitments in Labour manifesto

Community Care

Labour will develop local partnership working between the NHS and social care on hospital discharge. “We will enhance partnership working across employers, workers, trade unions and government and establish a fair pay agreement in adult social care.