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…
£96m boost to give tens of thousands of social care staff in Wales a £1,000 extra payment
Deputy Minister Julie Morgan Tens of thousands of social care staff who will be eligible for the real living wage from April 2022 will receive…
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,…
£10m for Welsh councils to purchase assistive equipment to speed up hospital discharges
Minister for Health and Social Services Eluned Morgan To help the NHS recover from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, alleviate waiting times and reduce winter pressures,…
DHSC announces £60m top-up for adult social care over January
Minister for Care Gillian Keegan The UK Government is providing an additional £60 million to local authorities to support the adult social care response to…
Record £1.4bn funding for local authorities to support social care and bolster workforce
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid A record total of £ billion will be made available over three years to help increase the fee…
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…
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…
AUTUMN BUDGET 2021: Key points for the assistive technology sector
Yesterday, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak presented his Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 to Parliament, detailing the UK Government’s tax and spending plans…
New models of care are “necessary” to ensure people receive the care they need, CQC says
The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) annual assessment of the state of health and social care in England has been published and looks at the quality…