ADASS provides three-step plan for adult social care
Council directors have warned the government it ‘cannot afford another false dawn’ when it comes to the short- and long-term future of adult social...
Care services could be decommissioned, councils warn
Council leaders may have to decommission care services in the coming months unless the government can confirm more than £2bn of funding will be...
Lavanya Plus strikes deal with Global Payments
Global Payments has partnered with Lavanya Plus to offer social care, health and wellbeing services to its employees.
The provider of payment technology and software...
Social care complaints not being used to improve sector
Councils are lacking a consistent approach and not making the most of the opportunities to learn from annual complaint reports about social care.
Reports focused...
Guild Living acquires third development site
Legal & General’s operator and developer of urban later living accommodation has bought a 2.5-acre town centre site in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
The site is the...
Councils overspend on children’s services by more than £750m
Councils overspent on their children’s social care budgets by more than £750m last year because of funding shortages and demand pressures, local government leaders...
London councils facing £540m adult social care shortfall
Adult social care in London faces a £540m shortfall in funding by 2025, a study by the capital’s councils have found.
London Councils, which represents...
Over-prescribing of medicines putting care home residents at risk
Older people are being put at risk due to the amounts of medication they are prescribed and the resulting side effects.
Age UK said nearly...
Rising social care demands placing ‘intolerable’ burden on councils
A decade of cuts and increasing pressures on ‘safety net’ services - particularly social care - has gutted non-essential council provision including transport, housing...
Hospices receive funding boost
Hospices and palliative care services will receive £25m to help improve the quality of end of life care.
The money, which has been provided by...
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