Guide sets out how £1.36bn will support councils to pay fairer rate of care to social care providers
Local authorities in England will be supported by £ billion from the Health and Social Care Levy to pay a fairer rate of care to…
Service users and care sector invited to shape future of adult social care in Kent
Kent County Council is bringing together people supported by adult social care, carers, the care market, voluntary sector, and national organisations in the first Kent…
DHSC announces £60m top-up for adult social care over January
Minister for Care Gillian Keegan The UK Government is providing an additional £60 million to local authorities to support the adult social care response to…
£16.25m ringfenced funding for councils to bolster adult social care workforce
Minister for Care Gillian Keegan The adult social care sector is set to benefit from £ million of new UK Government funding to help workforce…
EHRC launches inquiry about the right to challenge decisions about adult social care
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has launched a new inquiry about the ability to challenge decisions made by local councils about adult social…
Care providers receive £546m funding boost to bolster infection control throughout winter
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that care providers will be given an extra £546 million to reduce COVID-19 infection and…
Adult social care accounts for £1.8bn of councils’ yearly spending pressures, report suggests
A new report from the lnstitute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has explored how the coronavirus pandemic has affected, and will continue to affect, councils’ budgets…
LGA urges HCPs to overcome fears of weight-related stigmas to tackle obesity and rising council care costs
The Local Government Association (LGA) has published a new report, which urges healthcare professionals to overcome fears of weight-related stigmas in order to tackle obesity,…
DHSC reveals £588m fund to support timely hospital discharges by covering costs of care at home
People needing additional follow-on care after being discharged from hospital – including older people and those with disabilities – will be supported by a new…
Research shows over two-thirds of people in England ready to help improve health and social care post-COVID-19
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Healthwatch England have launched a new campaign, which calls on people who access health and social care services to…