The social work budget in Renfrewshire is balanced on a knife-edge according to Council Leader, Mark Macmillan (pictured). Councillor Macmillan is set to write to Alex Neil MSP, Cabinet Secretary
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A £6.4m funding package to support hospices and provide palliative care across Wales has been announced by the Health Minister Mark Drakeford (pictured). The new funding for hospices and health
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Scots Health Secretary, Alex Neil, has announced an additional £5 million to help health boards to improve the flow of patients through the health and social care services. The funding
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Nine out of ten councils are warning that a lack of adequate government funding could jeopardise vital reforms of the adult social care system due to commence in less than
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Over the summer, young people with care experience aged 14-26 years old who live in Glasgow or the Highlands will be able to make an application to the Life Changes
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A package of investment in services to support older people in the Western Bay area of Wales has been unveiled by the Deputy Minister for Social Services, Gwenda Thomas. A
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It is estimated that the NHS faces a shortfall of at least £30 billion a year within a decade and possibly a deficit as high as £50 billion. Martin Stevens
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Local authorities in England will need to make huge savings before next April, equivalent to 12.5% of their total budgets, according to a new report. They face a funding gap
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National leadership arrangements for social services in Wales are to be replicated at a regional level to help deliver a transformational change in social care, Deputy Minister for Social Services,
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New funding is to be made available to help adopted children settle in with their new families, the Government has announced. The money will go towards providing services such as
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