Challenges accessing care and staff shortages are making a “breeding ground for mistakes”
Following the publication of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) annual State of Care report, leaders from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Association of Directors…
£500m Adult Social Care Discharge Fund “doesn’t go far enough”, sector leaders warn
County Councils Network, Essex County Council, NHS Confederation, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, and Association of Directors of Adult Social Services leaders are welcoming health and…
Health leaders welcome important health and social care data strategy
Following the publication of the important Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) data strategy – which encourages more integrated use of data, digitisation across…
Spring Statement 2022: Leaders disappointed that cost of living “crisis” will push more people into ill-health and increase pressure on NHS
Following Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s delivery of the Spring Statement 2022 to Parliament on 23 March, leaders from across the assistive technology, disability,…
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…
Response: Latest NHS deal with independent sector should not mask longer-term issues, health leader warns
Following the announcement that the NHS has struck a deal with the independent sector for surge capacity, Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation,…
RESPONSE: NHS backlogs will take longer to clear if social care pressures are not tackled
Danny Mortimer, Chief Executive of NHS Employers and Deputy Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, has responded to the recent snap survey published by the…
RESPONSE: Mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for health and social care workers sparks mixed reactions
Following the UK Government’s announcement that all frontline health and social care workers in England will need to have had both COVID-19 vaccines by 1…
OPINION: Health and care organisations say social care funding reforms do not go far enough
Following the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) recent announcement about reforming the NHS and social care in an effort to tackle COVID-19 backlogs…
National organisations call for £600m government funding to speed up hospital discharges
Leading health and social care organisations are calling for additional funding from the UK Government to avoid delayed transfers of care and ensure people can…