Chancellor announces additional £1.5bn for social care
Councils will have access to £1.5bn of new funding for social care, Chancellor Sajid Javid has announced.
Most of the money (£1bn) will be available...
Care work impacting mental health of employees, survey finds.
Four in five care sector employees believe their work has had an impact on their mental health.
The findings have been revealed in a report...
Social care system at risk of collapse in areas, report finds
System failures are having an adverse impact on the social care market, with things so bad in some places that it is becoming impossible...
Self-funders charged £12,500 more than council-funded residents
Care home residents in England who pay their own fees are charged on average £12,500 a year more than those whose bill is paid...
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...
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