Community Care

MARCH 3, 2025

These were equity in experience and outcomes; partnerships and communities; safe pathways, systems and transitions; governance, management and sustainability, and leadership, improvement and innovation.

Hospital Discharges 51

Hospital Discharges Hospitals Government Disability 51

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.

Government 56

Government Hospital Discharges Hospitals Mental Health 56

Community Care

JANUARY 13, 2022

However, staffing problems – in the shape of rising vacancies and falling numbers of filled posts in provider organisations – have been mounting steadily since March 2021, leading the government to plough £462.5m an hour, aided by the so-called ‘health and care visa’, which removes barriers to entry.

Hospital Discharges 60

Hospital Discharges Hospitals Disability Mental Health 60

Community Care

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

. “It is also adding to the endless pressures we see with ambulances and hospitals, and adding to the pressures we see in our communities, [including] more people requesting help with mental health and domestic abuse, [and] 2.2 million hours of home care [that] couldn’t be delivered in the first quarter of this year.

Hospital Discharges 52

Hospital Discharges Hospitals Government Mental Health 52

Community Care

JANUARY 17, 2023

Government plans for the NHS to discharge people from hospitals into care homes may result in “poor or potentially illegal” practice, through people being moving into residential care without their informed consent. Our concern is that with the focus on discharge above everything else,” she added.

Rehabilitation 54

Rehabilitation Hospital Discharges Hospitals Recovery 54

Community Care

JANUARY 25, 2022

A BASW spokesperson said staff shortages in the wider workforce had been exacerbated by Omicron, resulting in a lack of provision “to facilitate hospital discharge or to support a preventative approach”. Members have said they have got worries about their mental health and their ability to provide services.

Social Worker 49

Social Worker Hospital Discharges Hospitals Welfare 49

Community Care

JANUARY 30, 2023

Four in ten people whose discharge from hospital is delayed are awaiting a social care package, according to NHS data. The figure, revealed today in a government plan to reduce hospital pressures, came as council leaders criticised ministers for a narrative of “blaming” social care for delayed discharges.

Hospitals 58

Hospitals Government Home Care Social Worker 58