Community Care

JULY 29, 2024

The government has scrapped the planned cap on care costs to help tackle a black hole in the public finances it claimed was left by the Conservatives. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced today that the adult social care charging reforms, due to be implemented next October, would be cancelled, saving £1.1bn by the end of 2025-26. She made the announcement in a statement to the House of Commons on Labour’s spending inheritance from its Conservative predecessors.

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CCRC

JULY 29, 2024

The summer months can be scorching hot so many families head to the water for some relief. Before you jump into the pool, let’s go over some essential water safety tips. Here are 5 tips to help keep your kids safe around water from Pool Safely. Start swim lessons. Search for locations near you that offer low-cost options or scholarship options like this one.

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American Board of Clinical Social Work

JULY 29, 2024

Frequently in my consultation groups, I hear from therapists, “They just aren’t getting it.” They are referring to the couples they are treating who feel particularly frustrating to the therapist. “We’ve talked about the same things over and over again, and nothing is changing,” exclaims the exasperated therapist. I gently explain to the therapist that it’s not the couple who isn’t getting it–it’s all three of them in the room who haven’t gotten it–YET.

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The Guardian

JULY 29, 2024

Charities warn that means testing as part of Rachel Reeves’ estimated £1.5bn cuts may create ‘heat or eat’ dilemmas Up to 2 million financially struggling older people could lose annual payments worth hundreds of pounds under government plans to restrict the winter fuel allowance to the poorest pensioners, campaigners have warned. Rachel Reeves announced the plans in a speech on Monday outlining a series of spending cuts to help fill what the government says is a £22bn “black hole” in the public

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The Guardian

JULY 29, 2024

Junior doctors’ leaders have reportedly recommended offer which will now be put to BMA members Downing Street has refused to comment on a report saying junior doctors are being offered a pay rise worth about 20% over two years. In a story for the Times, Steven Swinford reports: The British Medical Association’s (BMA) junior doctors committee has recommended an offer that includes a backdated pay rise of 4.05 per cent for 2023-24, on top of an existing increase of between 8.8 per cent and 10.3 pe

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The Guardian

JULY 29, 2024

Ministers have signalled good intentions towards unpaid carers, and must now follow through Conor Thackray, one of the carer’s allowance claimants who told his story about overpayments to the Guardian, referred to the Department for Work and Pensions as operating a “catch-out culture”. This phrase sums up what is wrong with the current system. The rule that any carer earning over £151 a week must forfeit the entirety of the allowance enabling them to care for a family member who is sick or disab

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