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Adult social care tops long-term financial pressures for councils

Adult social care tops long-term financial pressures for councils

Adult social care has been rated as the leading long-term financial pressure for local councils in England, the 2019 State of Local Government Finance...

Commons told mental capacity bill ‘not fit for purpose’

Care home managers will have too much power under proposals set out in the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill, Shadow Minister for Health and Social...
Supreme Court grants permission to appeal sleep-in judgment

Supreme Court grants permission to appeal sleep-in judgment

The Supreme Court has granted permission for an appeal against last summer’s judgment affecting care workers on sleep-in shifts. The Unison-backed case – taken on...
Care providers urged to engage with recruitment campaign

Care providers urged to engage with recruitment campaign

Adult social care providers are being encouraged to engage with a national recruitment campaign to help fill the 110,000 vacancies in the sector. The Every Day...
Providers handing back contracts more than doubles

Providers handing back contracts more than doubles

More than half (59%) of learning disability care providers have been forced to close parts of their organisation or hand back contracts to local...
Social care organisations write to minister over mental capacity changes

Social care organisations write to minister over mental capacity changes

More than 100 social care organisations have signed an open letter to Care Minister Caroline Dinenage MP seeking clarification and change to aspects of...

CMA launches court action against Care UK

Court proceedings have been issued against Care UK after it refused to refund residents who had to pay a compulsory upfront fee. In December, the...
Childcare UK market report from LaingBuisson

Fee increases buoy nurseries market as number of places shrink

Valued at £5.5bn in 2018, the UK market for formal childcare is growing rapidly in value terms at a time when the number of...
Health and social care integration must happen quicker

Health and social care integration must happen quicker, says report

The pace of integrating health and social care services needs to increase, a joint report by the Scottish government and Convention of Scottish Local...
Realities of trying to meet costs highlighted in Age UK report

Waiting for social care packages leads to 50,000 deaths, charity claims

More than 50,000 older people have died waiting for care packages during the 700 days since the government first said it would publish a...