Community Care

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

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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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.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Most of this will come via the Better Care Fund – the existing stream designed to support health and social care integration – to finance services to support hospital discharge, with the rest coming through a ring-fenced grant. ‘Disappointing’ delay to care cap.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 21, 2022

At the same time, providers’ recruitment and retention difficulties were exemplified by the fact there was a drop of 50,000 in the number of filled roles in the sector from 2020-21 to 2021-22, despite rising demand for care. Extra £500m for social care a ‘sticking plaster’, warn sector leaders. Photo: Kate Terroni/CQC.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The NHS will be given the majority of a £500m fund for adult social care, designed to speed up hospital discharge and bolster the care workforce. In 2021-22, the number of vacancies across adult social care rose by 55,000 (52%), while the number of filled posts fell by 50,000.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This will be combined, in a new grant, with £162m in existing spending to support councils in paying providers a fair cost of care, and also distributed in line with the relative needs formula. 300m for adult social care to support hospital discharge.

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Community Care

JULY 10, 2024

Photo: thodonal/Adobe Stock From March 2020 to April 2021, there were 27,179 more deaths than expected among care home residents, while there were 9,571 excess deaths reported among home care users over a similar timeframe ( source: the Health Foundation ).

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Community Care

MAY 21, 2024

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.

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Community Care

JANUARY 25, 2022

Social workers are under increased pressure because of Omicron-related staff absences elsewhere in social care and rising assessment workloads, sector bodies have warned. Vacancies across adult social care rose from 9.2% below March 2021 levels, shows data released this month by Skills for Care.

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Community Care

JANUARY 30, 2023

The letter follows concerns from social care leaders about the government’s allocation of £200m to the NHS this winter to help reduce delays by block-booking care home placements for up to four weeks. This is in addition to £500m made available for a wider range of services to reduce delays, including home care.

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2023

Each year, the Joint Commission issues a list of top national patient safety goals for healthcare settings, including hospitals, nursing care centers, behavioral health care and human services, ambulatory healthcare, home care, and more. Improve staff communication. Use medicines safely.

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