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.
Community Care
DECEMBER 14, 2022
The minimum price commissioners should pay home care providers will rise by 11.8% next year due to increases in the national living wage and the impact of inflation on services’ costs. That was the message from the Homecare Association as it announced that the minimum for 2023-24 would be £25.95 , up from £23.20
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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. ” He also said six areas would also be trialling new solutions to reducing discharge delays, which could be rolled out if successful. Related articles.
The Guardian
JULY 15, 2024
Authorities say attempts to clear NHS backlogs sucking up scant funds at expense of preventive care Vulnerable people face being denied basic preventive social care at home due to a wave of rapid discharges from hospitals that is sucking up resources, council bosses have warned.
Community Care
JANUARY 13, 2022
This was laid bare by a National Care Forum survey, also released today , showing members in the home care and residential care sectors were running vacancy rates of 18% in addition to 14% absence rates last week. to redress the situation over the winter and relax immigration restrictions for the sector.
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.
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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