“We’re also highlighting the need for an extension to the Discharge to Assess funding in order to capitalise on the benefits it has...

Last year, 838,530 adults received publicly funded long-term social care, primarily in care homes or in their own homes. In addition,...

NHS providers, representing every hospital, mental health, community and ambulance service in England, says that its annual survey shows...

A new £162.5 million workforce retention and recruitment fund will be available to local authorities across England based on their need,...

On 1st December, the Government published its White Paper – People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform, the key points of...

A new report from the Homecare Association details the state of homecare funding in the UK. The average hourly fee paid by local...

Just because someone is receiving care funded by the council, it doesn’t mean they can’t make gifts to loved ones at Christmas …. but...

Ombudsman Michael King said that their annual report showed that “the adult social care system is progressively failing to deliver for...

In 2019/20, local authorities received 1.9 million requests for support from new clients – 560,000 from working age adults and 1.4...

Currently, a person receiving state-funded care may choose for a third party such as a relative to make additional payments for a...

Cathie Williams, Chief Executive of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services said: “Working in social care or social work is...

For each person with eligible needs, the local authority must provide either a personal budget, where the local authority is going to...