The Government has rejected a bid to safeguard mental health spending as a share of the total NHS budget in new draft legislation. Former chief executive of NHS England Lord
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The Government has announced it will continue to fund therapeutic services for families of vulnerable and adopted children, as it allocated £50 million to the adoption and special guardian support
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The Government has been accused of “failing” patients with mental illness after it emerged the share of NHS spending on mental health is set to fall in the next financial
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The forthcoming plan to fix the NHS will see funds allocated to social care, the Health Secretary has suggested. Wes Streeting said spending NHS resources “more effectively though social care”
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Pressures continue to push councils towards the “financial brink” as they face a multibillion-pound funding gap, according to a report. The Local Government Association (LGA) said its research among more
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A mental health charity supporting people struggling with self-harm has been awarded £1.5m from the Scottish Government. Self-Harm Network Scotland (SHNS) welcomed the two-year funding boost, which will enable it
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Districts experiencing some of the worst homelessness pressures are set to lose millions in prevention funding under Government plans, analysis suggests. Areas in England including coastal towns, rural communities and
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Higher care provider fees and stretched council budgets are leading to a “doom loop” for adult social care where there is less help available for those in need, a report
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Council finances are increasingly unsustainable and in need of reform, the public spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office (NAO) warned town halls are becoming more and more preoccupied
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Social care campaigners have marched on Westminster to tell the Government that providers are “facing a struggle to survive this spring”. A number of groups were taking part in a
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