Councils overspent on social care budgets by £774m last year
The latest survey from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) reveals that councils are being forced to cut back on early care…
MPs warn that the Casey Commission reforms are “doomed to fail” unless government measures true cost of inaction on social care
Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, Layla Moran MP The Health and Social Care Committee has published a new report that explores the…
17 percent of families waited over a year for their child to receive a social care assessment
New research by disability charity Sense has revealed the huge delays parents face to be seen by children’s social services, with families at “breaking point”.…
Relationship reset with whoever forms next government needed as councils face more than £6bn funding gap, LGA says
A whitepaper has been published by the Local Government Association (LGA) setting out how a new relationship between central and local government - which provides…
Local services could face breaking point without long-term funding and ‘fundamental’ reform, CCN warns
The County Councils Network (CCN) has called on the next government to urgently set out how it will fund local authorities and reform council services…
£600m funding revealed to boost capacity of social care workforce
Helen Whately, Minister for Social Care The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has unveiled a £600 million package to help with recruitment and…
Remote monitoring tech pilot saves council over £65k and frees up social care practitioners’ time
Nick Weston, Chief Commercial Officer at Lilli A new proactive and non-intrusive remote monitoring technology scheme is being rolled out to individuals across Reading 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…
ADASS cries out for sustainable government funding of at least £7bn extra a year for social care
More than half of councils in England are resorting to exceptional measures to ration care and support in a worsening national emergency for social care,…
AUTUMN BUDGET 2021: Lack of social care investment is ‘deeply disappointing’, organisations say
Following Wednesday’s Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 announcement by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, leaders from across the health, social care and disability…