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Social workers could join neighbourhood teams for people with complex needs

Community Care

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) called on NHS and local authority leaders to establish the teams in guidance on their use of the Better Care Fund (BCF), under which they are required to pool resources to tackle government priorities.

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65,000 adults waiting at least six months for assessment as unmet needs mount, warns ADASS

Community Care

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

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60,000 boost to care workforce from overseas staff in past year

Community Care

The social care workforce has been boosted by 58,000 overseas staff over the past year, revealed government immigration figures published today. Falling care home vacancies Vacancies appear to have fallen – and employment increased – since then in the care home sector.

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CQC ‘not fit for purpose’, says Streeting, in wake of damning report

Community Care

These were hampering its ability to identify poor performance at the services it regulates, residential homes, nursing homes and domiciliary care providers, found the interim report of Dr Penny Dash’s review of the CQC. This government will never turn a blind eye to failure.”

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Cost of care analyses show councils lack funding to pay providers fair price, warn directors

Community Care

Councils lack the money to move towards paying providers a fair price for care, directors have warned, in the light of government-mandated analyses of the costs of services, directors have said. per hour gap for home care but suggested there was no gap for nursing home fees.

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DoLS: older people routinely having rights breached because of failure to tackle ‘huge’ backlog, warns charity

Community Care

Care homes or hospitals (‘managing authorities)’ must apply to councils or Welsh health boards (‘supervisory bodies’) to authorise a prospective or existing deprivation. This means that DoLS will likely remain in place for the for the foreseeable future. “It seems a waste of resource.”

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The CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule: What Healthcare Organizations Need to Know

Relias

Leverage government tools and resources , such as those from ASPR TRACIE and FEMA. Conduct gap analyses against CMS requirements and industry best practices. Use training and education platforms to deliver regular emergency preparedness education for your staff.