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 Social Care Robot Challenge launched for UK Robotics Week 2017
A brand new Social Care Robot Challenge is being launched for the second annual UK Robotics Week 2017, a national week of celebration taking place…
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…
Big home adaptation funds rise in 2016-17
The Better Care Fund 2016/17 Policy Framework has indicated a big rise in the money available for future home adaptations, increasing from £220m in 2015-16…
NHS guidelines aims to help transform care
"Whilst education is crucial to personal development, it can only be effective within a wider framework of good health and social care arrangements." The NHS…