Tag Archives | adult social care funding

Houses of Parliament

Adults, Social work leaders

Peers overturn cap on care costs change that would hit less well-off

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Government examining how councils can take more social work students

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Adults, Social work leaders

Care cap: government change leaves less well-off at risk of ‘catastrophic’ bills, analysis finds

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Adults, Coronavirus, Workforce

Omicron: councils given discretion on spending £60m adult social care fund to ensure speedy use

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The word 'recruit' spelt out

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

More social workers needed to deal with hundreds of thousands more assessments, government confirms

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Home care worker speaking to older person

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

£300m boost for adult social care workforce through winter

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Stephen Chandler

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Rapidly deteriorating situation’ for social care, finds ADASS

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Houses of Parliament

Adults, Social work leaders

Cap on care costs: MPs back reduction in benefit for less wealthy

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Adults, Social work leaders

Council ‘failed to consider man’s circumstances’ in assessing finances

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Gillian Keegan

Adults, Social work leaders

Cap on care costs ‘will do little for less well off’ following government change

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Rishi Sunak

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Funding boost for councils not enough to address ‘disastrous’ state of social care, warn sector bodies

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Home care worker speaking to older person

Adults, Workforce, Social work leaders

Seven in eight commissioners paying below ‘minimum rate for home care’

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Adults, Workforce, Social work leaders

CQC joins call for care staff pay boost to prevent ‘tsunami of unmet need’

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Adults, Coronavirus, Social work leaders

Covid sees end to year-on-year fall in adults receiving long-term care

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Sajid Javid

Adults, Workforce, Social work leaders

Providers report 17% vacancy rate as staff shortages ‘threaten to overwhelm the sector’

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Michael King, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman

Adults, Social work leaders

Rate of adult social care failings identified by watchdog continues ‘relentless rise’

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