The social care sector has reacted to George Osborne’s Autumn Statement and Spending Review. Here is our round-up from key commentators. ADASS President Ray James said: “Although the Treasury’s recognition
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A Government failure to exempt individual family carers in receipt of carer’s allowance from the benefit cap amounts to “objectively unjustifiable indirect discrimination” and is not lawful, a High Court
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An in-depth review of the multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA) in Scotland has found they are working effectively and making a critical contribution to public protection. In the review carried
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The Scottish Government have announced an improvement programme which aims to help health boards reduce waiting times for mental health services. The programme will work with health boards to support
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) is calling on local authorities in the North of Scotland to get involved in a pilot programme which hopes to raise the profile of
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Councils will be able to add 2% to council tax bills in a bid to provide up to £2 billion for social care, the Chancellor has confirmed. George Osborne faced
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Only 3 in 5 people in Scotland think a woman is not at all to blame for being raped if she wears revealing clothing (58%) or is very drunk (60%),
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Everyone in Scotland should have a right to palliative care according to an inquiry into the issue by the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee. The Committee’s inquiry found that
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A new law reforming the way Wales’ care and support services are regulated and inspected has been approved by Assembly Members. The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Bill
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Sustaining the number of registered adult care home managers in Wales could become a further issue in the long-term due to a combination of factors, the most recent profile report
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