Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has announced a plan to try to help the social care sector prepare for winter in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Ms Freeman said the
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The Government is being urged to give the care sector emergency funding of £3.9 billion to help it cope with the second wave of the pandemic. Unison joined forces with
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Social care reforms have been kicked into the long grass as a health minister blamed a lack of “management or political capacity” caused by Covid-19. Lord Bethell (pictured) acknowledged the
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England’s mental health campaign Time to Change will stop next year after Government funding ended, it said. The campaign announced with “great sadness” that it will close on March 31
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England’s social care sector needs £7 billion more a year as an urgent “starting point” to avoid potential collapse of the market, MPs say. An immediate boost is needed to
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Children’s services must receive urgent funding if vulnerable youngsters in England’s poorest areas are to receive help during the coronavirus pandemic, five charities have said. Local authorities’ services were experiencing
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The NHS cannot cope with its current budget, health leaders have said as they called on the Prime Minister to avoid a “have our cake and eat it” approach to
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Social care organisations called for action from Boris Johnson on funding reform for the sector after the Prime Minister again pledged to set out a plan to deal with the
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Local councils will need a further £10.1 billion annually in order to improve services and address financial challenges stemming from the pandemic, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned. In
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Charities and community organisations are to split £200 million over the next 10 years to tackle poverty and trauma. The Robertson Trust has announced the funding as part of its
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