2023 to 2025 Better Care Fund policy framework: Details for the assistive tech sector
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) and the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) have published a new policy paper that…
Better Care Fund policy framework 2022-23: Details for the assistive tech sector
An elderly woman is using a smartphone. She is in a nursing home in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. The UK Government is reinforcing…
Over £6.9bn increase to Better Care Fund to drive integration between health and social care
More than £ billion has been committed to the Better Care Fund this year to continue driving integration between health and social care and support…
Free webinar to demonstrate how DFGs can support people to remain independent at home
Hosted by the Better Care Fund team, Foundations and Care and Repair England, a new free webinar is set to highlight the importance of joint…
Committee advises including the elderly in assistive tech design to improve uptake of services
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee recently published a report, which outlines a series of recommendations to the UK Government for reducing healthy…
Local authorities spent an average of £1.2m on DFGs in 2018-19, new report shows
A new report has revealed what the average local authority achieves through Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) and key factors in maximising the grant’s ability to…
New review calls for major DFG overhaul to improve home adaptations in England
VAT rules adjusted for major adaptations, a national accreditation scheme for tradespeople, the establishment of housing & health partnership boards and the removal of stairlifts…
Councils respond to £2 billion social care funding spending rules
Cllr Linda Thomas, Vice Chair of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, has responded to the Government framework published on the 31st March 2017,…
New evidence points to adaptation savings
"Using this strategic, joined-up approach, a comparatively small capital expenditure can deliver major revenue savings" Following the Government announcement of an almost doubling of funding…
Call for Help to Care ISA
In an interesting move, Essex County Council leader David Finch has called on the Government to create a Help to Care ISA to aid future…