Community Care

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This can be spent on meeting adult social care needs, supporting the provider market, speeding up hospital discharge and otherwise reducing NHS pressures. 3.85bn from the social care grant, which is ring-fenced for adult and children’s social care. “Every bit of extra funding helps.”

Hospital Discharges 56

Hospital Discharges Hospitals Government Disability 56

Community Care

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

“Things have never been so bad,” for people needing care, carers and staff, the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has warned. We see unpaid carers at breaking point and people unable to afford the support they need.”

Hospital Discharges 52

Hospital Discharges Hospitals Government Mental Health 52

Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2022

At the same time, 94% of directors reported that they did not have sufficient care staff in their areas to deliver services this winter, in response to an Association of Directors of Adult Social Services survey carried out in October and November. Pay care staff ‘much more than national living wage’ – .

Home Care 52

Home Care Hospital Discharges Hospitals Disability 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

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Ninety four per cent of directors disagreed that they had sufficient money to fund care over the coming months, while the same proportion disagreed that there were enough social care staff locally to meet needs this winter, in response to an Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) survey.

Hospital Discharges 58

Hospital Discharges Government Hospitals Disability 58

Community Care

APRIL 24, 2024

Consequently, we rely heavily on the expertise of IMPACTAgewell to support our service users. They truly make a difference in our service users’ lives to promote independence and confidence at home.”

Hospital Discharges 66

Hospital Discharges Social Worker Engagement Hospitals 66

Community Care

OCTOBER 21, 2022

As well as causing gridlock in the NHS, the CQC highlighted the rising levels of unmet need for social care, with Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) figures showing 540,000 were waiting for a care assessment, care package, direct payment or review as of April this year, up 37% in six months.

Government 56

Government Hospital Discharges Hospitals Mental Health 56

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. 13,000 people stuck in hospitals.

Hospital Discharges 52

Hospital Discharges Hospitals Recovery Therapist 52

Community Care

DECEMBER 19, 2022

300m for adult social care to support hospital discharge. This will need to be pooled, within the Better Care Fund, with a further £300m to support discharge, likely channelled through the NHS. The issue is widely linked to low pay, with the median hourly wage for independent sector care staff being £9.50

Government 54

Government Hospital Discharges Hospitals Home Care 54

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The government’s £500m injection of cash into adult social care this winter is a mere “sticking plaster” for the sector’s underlying problems, leaders have warned. However, they said it was insufficient to tackle staff shortages, unmet needs for care and the impact of the cost of living crisis on the sector.

Hospital Discharges 54

Hospital Discharges Government Recovery Hospitals 54

Community Care

APRIL 28, 2023

Beverley Tarka this week became the first black president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) since its establishment in 2007. We want a shift from the dominant narrative around hospital discharge. On taking up the presidency, she says: “It’s daunting – but exciting at the same time.

Hospital Discharges 60

Hospital Discharges Diversity Disability Government 60

Community Care

JULY 10, 2024

While authorities strove to protect adult social care from these cuts, their spending on the service was only marginally higher 2019-20 than 2010-11, after taking account of inflation. Local partnership working between the NHS and social care on hospital discharge.

Hospital Discharges 57

Hospital Discharges Hospitals Government Case Management 57

Community Care

JANUARY 25, 2022

Practitioners are having to step in to carry out welfare checks on adults going without the care they need due to mounting staff shortages in residential and home care, said the British Association of Social Workers (BASW). Vacancies across adult social care rose from 9.2% to 9.4% , from November to December 2021, up from 6.1%

Social Worker 49

Social Worker Hospital Discharges Hospitals Welfare 49

Community Care

MAY 21, 2024

The service was received by 5% of older people on hospital discharge, compared to an England average of 3%, and 89% were still at home 91 days after discharge to a reablement service, compared with a national average of 82%.

Hospital Discharges 59

Hospital Discharges Hospitals Home Care Social Worker 59

Community Care

JANUARY 18, 2023

In an effort to clear beds, the government has provided £700m from December 2022 until March 2023, mostly for the NHS, though chiefly to fund social care services, with the latest £200m tranche of this – announced last week – reserved for care home provision. Risks of ‘poor or potentially illegal practice.

Hospitals 60

Hospitals Social Worker Recovery Rehabilitation 60

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.

Hospitals 58

Hospitals Government Home Care Social Worker 58

The Guardian

JANUARY 4, 2023

Sarah McClinton , Les Bright and Jeremy Seymour on the pressures facing the care home sector Heads of adult social services share concern at the poor quality of some care and support for people living with dementia ( Dementia patients in England facing ‘national crisis’ in care safety, 28 December ).

Hospital Discharges 10

Hospital Discharges Hospitals Government Social Services 10

Community Care

JUNE 14, 2024

Labour will develop local partnership working between the NHS and social care on hospital discharge. “We will enhance partnership working across employers, workers, trade unions and government and establish a fair pay agreement in adult social care.

Government 68

Government Hospital Discharges Mental Health Youth Worker 68

Community Care

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A £475m rise in the market sustainability and fair cost of care fund, designed to help councils increase fees to adult social care providers, cut waiting lists for services and tackle recruitment and retention issues. 307m through a new adult social care discharge fund, designed to help speed up hospital discharges.

Hospital Discharges 59

Hospital Discharges Government Hospitals Social Services 59