DHSC commits to rapid expansion of virtual wards in new digitalisation plan
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced a number of digital reforms to deliver benefits…
£15.5m unveiled for local authorities to prepare for charging reform
More than £15 million has been given to local authorities across England to help them implement new social care charging reforms, the Department of Health…
New hospital discharge guidance: What the assistive tech sector needs to know
Guidance has been released for effective hospital discharges into community settings that will help health and social care professionals, and those involved in providing and…
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…
Five councils announced to implement social care charging reform in England
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that five local authorities in England will implement a new and improved adult social care…
Open consultation seeks views on how capping care costs would operate in practice
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched a public consultation that seeks views on the statutory guidance detailing how an £86,000 cap…
Mandatory COVID vaccination for health and social care staff to end in March
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid The legal requirement for health and social care staff to be double jabbed will be removed from 15…
Guest article: DHSC whitepaper on health and social care integration – Several ideas in search of money and staff
In this article, William Lee, Policy and Parliamentary Executive of the British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA), has welcomed the UK Government's plans for data sharing and…
Response: Thought leaders agree that DHSC’s push to integration is welcome but stress importance of minimising disruption
Following the publication of the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC’s) integration whitepaper, which details its proposals for a more joined-up and efficient health…
Government whitepaper sets out important plans for integrating health and social care
Prime Minister Boris Johnson Patients are set to receive better, more joined-up care according to new plans published by the Department of Health and Social…