No Resource to implement changes
Councils would not have been able to implement the care reforms even if the new Government had not decided to scrap them. Independent...
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Oct 3
No plan to address adult social care
Think-tank, the King’s Fund has said the decision to abolish care funding reforms was regrettable and meant that the government had “no...
Oct 2
Adult Care Need Surges
More working age adults in Bristol are now in need of social care and support than elderly people, new figures have revealed. Bristol...
Oct 1
Why is tariff income so high?
Tariff income is the amount a person is required to contribute towards their care costs when they are supported by their local authority...
Sep 26
Fair pay agreement?
In its manifesto, Labour promised to negotiate a fair pay agreement for adult social care in order to boost the workforce’s pay, terms...
Sep 25
Social Worker View
A Community Care poll asked 2,800 social workers whether they’d be willing to pay more tax to increase public spending on services,...
Sep 24
Time to Change Course
Sector leaders have urged the government to “change course on social care” after it cancelled the cap on care costs and a planned...
Sep 23
Welsh Backlog
There are 1,594 people in Welsh hospitals who are fit to leave but remain there because of care or assessment delays, figures show. ...
Sep 17
What is tariff income?
Tariff income is the contribution an individual is required to make towards the cost of their care when they have savings between the...
Sep 16
Decision ‘pushes care burden onto individuals’
Charities also voiced disappointment about the impact on older people and their families of the government’s decision to abandon care...
Sep 13
Blow to Care Training
The new Labour government has scrapped a planned increase in funding for adult social care training. The fund would have provided ...
Sep 12
The View from Dilnot
Scrapping the cap on care costs is “another example of social care being tossed aside”, according to the architect of the reforms....
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