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Minimum price of home care to rise by 12% next year, says provider body

Community Care

The minimum price commissioners should pay home care providers will rise by 11.8% “Care work is highly skilled and all care workers should be paid more than the national living wage. next year due to increases in the national living wage and the impact of inflation on services’ costs.

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One in eight councils moved to ‘life and limb care only’ for at least some people over Christmas, warns ADASS

Community Care

This was laid bare by a National Care Forum survey, also released today , showing members in the home care and residential care sectors were running vacancy rates of 18% in addition to 14% absence rates last week. to redress the situation over the winter and relax immigration restrictions for the sector.

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

Community Care

This is the same as the allocation for 2024-25, made up of the 2.1bn improved BCF grant which can be used by councils to meet adult social care needs, help reduce pressures on the NHS and speed up hospital discharge and 0.5bn dedicated to supporting hospital discharge. This will rise from 28.53

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£10m boost to adult social care funding to tackle NHS winter pressures

Community Care

The funding will be allocated to areas deemed to have the greatest urgent and emergency care challenges this winter. “It will improve social care capacity, boost discharge rates and avoid unnecessary admissions, freeing up hospital beds and reducing waits for care,” said care minister Helen Whately.

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Good ratings for first three council adult services assessed by CQC

Community Care

Providers also highlighted the council’s investment in the care workforce, including by funding them to pay above the above the real living wage (currently £12 an hour) and cover holiday pay, sick pay and travel time, thereby boosting recruitment and retention.