Families are planning on mounting legal challenges over “illegal” cuts to social care, as a £1.9bn funding gap threatens services, experts say. The King’s Fund, Nuffield Trust and Health Foundation
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A scheme which gives contraception to women at risk of having their children taken into care will be expanded following a cash injection from the Government. The Pause programme supports
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Money is being diverted away from road repairs, leisure centres and local bus routes in order to maintain the struggling social care sector, council leaders have warned. The Local Government
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Financial pressures facing the social care sector are impacting on vulnerable older and disabled people, experts have warned. Some are being forced to find new homes as a result of
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Chancellor Philip Hammond is facing calls for an urgent cash injection to head off a looming “crisis” in social care when he delivers his first Autumn Statement next month. Sarah
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NHS per capita spending will actually fall in 2018/19, the Tory head of the Commons Health Committee has warned as she accused the Government of giving a “false impression” about
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A new report from the United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA) exposes the widespread and systematic underfunding of homecare services for older people. The findings provide further evidence of genuine risks
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The Welsh Government has raised the capital limit used by local authorities who charge for residential care from £24,000 to £50,000 as part of its new five-year plan entitled Taking
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The Care Inspectorate has today published a statistical summary of social work expenditure and activity for Scotland covering the period 2006/7 to 2014/15. It shows that general spending on social
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People who believe their care should have been funded by the NHS, are being encouraged by the Welsh Government to register their intent to make a claim. Continuing NHS Healthcare
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