Community Care
APRIL 4, 2022
‘Adding further pressures to underfunded sector’ A Local Government Association spokesperson said: “The loss of funding streams for social care puts councils and providers onto an even more unstable footing and highlights how volatile the financial situation is within social care. Related articles.
Community Care
MARCH 31, 2022
The government has reinstated a change to the cap on care costs that will reduce its benefit to less wealthy people. “The government believe[s] that the fairest version of the cap would be based on what people contribute towards their care, rather than our counting local authority contributions as well,” he said.
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Community Care
DECEMBER 19, 2022
An increase in adult social care funding next year should deliver “tangible improvements” to services, the government told councils today. The government said it would be providing an additional £2bn in social care grant in 2023-24 compared with 2022-23, though most of it is not new money. in real terms (9.2%
Community Care
OCTOBER 21, 2022
The government must fund better pay and training for adult social care staff to tackle a deepening workforce crisis that is undermining the quality of services. The government has also made no provision to increase pay, aside from annual increases in the national living wage, saying this was a matter for employers.
Community Care
MAY 13, 2022
The figure, dating from the end of February, is six times that recorded in September last year, and comes with most directors reporting they have had to prioritise assessments for cases of suspected abuse or neglect, hospital discharge or reablement following a temporary residential care stay. Government must fund £10.50
Community Care
JANUARY 8, 2023
The government will give the NHS an extra £200m to buy short-term care placements to help relieve the pressures on its beleaguered emergency care system. The new money is in addition to the £500m adult social care discharge fund , which is designed to both speed up hospital discharge and bolster the social care workforce over the winter.
Community Care
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
There are also concerns that councils are taking on responsibilities that should fall to the NHS, because of the drive to discharge people from hospital as quickly as possible, which means people are leaving wards with greater needs than previously.
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