Independent social care providers warn of system collapse
Care England, the largest representative body for independent social care providers, has published a new report on the state of social care warning of a collapse in the system if
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Tag: Adult Care
University of Plymouth host adult safeguarding conference
A conference on adult safeguarding in Plymouth has highlighted current issues practitioners and educators face in the field. Plymouth University, in partnership with Plymouth City Council and Plymouth Safeguarding Adults
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Additional £8m a year for adult mental health services in Wales
Adult Mental Health servies in Wales are to receive an additional £8m every year, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has announced. The additional funding will develop services to
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ADASS issue urgent warning over social care cuts
Additional funds are urgently needed to protect older and vulnerable people in the face of £1.1 billion budget cuts to adult social services, a report has warned. This follows “almost
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Hunt refuses to rule out further adult social care cuts
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has refused to rule out further cuts to adult social care in the new parliament. The Tory frontbencher said the Government would take “full account” of
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Consultation: Adult Social Care Charging Policy – Edinburgh
Changes to social care law mean that people will now have a personal budget based on an assessment of their needs. The City of Edinburgh Council wants to hear views
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Webwatch – Finding and Keeping Workers online resource
A new resource to help adult social care employers tackle the challenges of staff recruitment and retention has been published by sector agency, Skills for Care. The Finding and Keeping
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Resources: Adult social care tools for organisational change
The Health Services Management Centre and Middlesex University London have published a compendium of approaches and tools for organisational change within adult social care. Funded by the NIHR School for
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Quality of care priority for new Borders care company
Adult social care sevices in the Scottish Borders have been transferred to an arm’s length organisation in a bid to help save £5.6m over five years. The move will see
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Webwatch – New Self-directed Support Scotland site
The Scottish Government has launched a new version of the Self-directed Support (SDS) website. Self-directed Support allows people, their carers and their families to make informed choices on what their
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