Adult social care services in England set to face £3.7bn in additional costs over the next 18 months
With a year to go until the introduction of flagship reforms in adult social care, England’s largest councils today call for a delay, warning that…
InnoScot Health seeks eye care product innovations to support NHS Scotland
InnoScot Health is seeking ophthalmic innovations from healthcare professionals that can help support NHS Scotland to strengthen and make meaningful change in this priority area…
€2.4bn funding announced for disability services across Ireland for 2023
Health Minister Anne Rabbitte. Credit: Houses of the Oireachtas Republic of Ireland’s Department of Health Minister Anne Rabbitte has revealed an “unprecedented” level of funding…
£500m Adult Social Care Discharge Fund created as part of sector’s winter plans
Health and Social Care Secretary Thérèse Coffey In her first major intervention in her new role, Health and Social Care Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister…
Cost of Living payment launches to help disabled people with higher disability-related costs
The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that the one-off £150 Disability Cost of Living payment has launched to help disabled people with the…
Second round of Changing Places funding worth £6.5m now open to local authorities
The UK Government has announced that local authorities in England can now apply to the second round of Changing Places funding with a total of…
Council launches awareness campaign to highlight the challenges disabled people face
Peterhead Community Council recently launched a campaign that gave residents an opportunity to experience the town centre as someone with disabilities or mobility difficulties to…
Councils call on Prime Minister to deliver on her promise to provide more funding for social care
Prime Minister Liz Truss As the cost-of-living crisis could add £ billion to the costs of delivering social care, councils are calling on the new…
Just four percent of initial PIP decisions were overturned at a tribunal hearing
190,000 new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims have received clearance along with 70,000 awards reviews cleared. These latest figures come from the Department for Work…
Nearly half of council’s telecare service users could “ditch” the service due to weekly charges
Lancashire County Council has decided to start charging for its telecare service, as of next year, after concluding that it could no longer afford…