Wales replace ILF with £20M fund to support severly disabled
A new £20m fund to support more than 1,600 severely disabled people in Wales with their care needs will be devolved to local authorities when the existing UK fund closes
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Home visits indictment of chronically underfunded adult social care
The rise in short home visits to elderly people by care workers is a damning indictment of the underfunded social care and health system, the chairman of the Local Government
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Pay for NHS treatment to offset social care costs, think tank
Making people pay towards their NHS treatment could be used to reduce pressure on funding for social care, a report suggests. Having to contribute financially would also provide a “nudge”
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£14m to support major changes to Wales’ social services
A £14m package of support will be made available to help local government implement major reforms to Wales’ social care system, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has announced.
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Sturgeon pledges to double Early Learning & Childcare funding
Funding for free nursery places delivering early learning and childcare will double over the term of the next Scottish Parliament, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged. In a wide-ranging education
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Osborne hails £6 billion social care plan for Manchester councils
Plans to devolve £6 billion a year of health spending to Greater Manchester will lead to closer integration between the NHS and social care and improve results for patients, George
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MPs warn of ‘significant increase’ in pressure on social care
MPs have warned of a potential “significant increase” in pressure on adult social care as a result of switching the focus of a key Government scheme to slashing NHS costs.
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Call for social care funding to be ring-fenced
Social care funding must be protected in the same way that it is for the NHS in the next Budget or another crisis such as the one seen this winter
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Osborne pressed for extra funding to pay for historic abuse cases
Ministers are asking Chancellor George Osborne for extra money for public prosecutors so they can deal with a spike in historic sex abuse cases. Attorney General Jeremy Wright confirmed that
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Funding of Skills for Health e-Learning provision withdrawn
Skills for Health has announced that national funding for their e-learning provision will cease on the 31st March 2015 and they are now required to charge users directly for this
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