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Extra £200m for social care in council settlement ‘wholly inadequate’, warn sector heads

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Were all authorities to do so, this would yield about 970m, some of which would be available for adult social care. Councils will also be allocated a new recovery grant worth 600m and an extra 50m in the broad-based revenue support grant (RSG), some of which the government intends should go on adults services. This will rise from 28.53

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Social workers could join neighbourhood teams for people with complex needs

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Best practice would be for the team to include a core group of staff responsible for complex case management, with a care co-ordinator assigned to each person, and an extended team who could be drawn upon for specialist support.

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Care home discharge plan risks inappropriate placements and neglects causes of crisis – sector

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The money is on top of £500m already earmarked for ICBs and councils to clear hospital beds, part of which was allocated last month and which the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said would be well spent on home care, in order to reduce delayed discharges. Risk of inappropriate placements. as of October 2022.

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NHS to get most of £500m winter adult social care funding

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The DHSC said that, in most areas, prioritising home care would have the greatest impact on reducing delayed discharges to social care. Channelling the funding through the NHS reflects a growing shift towards resourcing adult social care through the health service.

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Providers hold day of action in protest against Budget’s impact on social care

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Authorities may also raise council tax by a further 3%, without putting the issue to a local referendum, and have also been given a 600m ‘recovery grant’, providing further resource that can be used on adult social care.

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‘How reablement can better support independence and quality of life’

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By Deborah Rozansky, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) Reablement services play a critical role in maintaining peoples independence and quality of life. Most frequently used to support peoples recovery after a hospital stay, reablement can also be preventive, reducing the need for hospital admissions or long-term residential care.