Services for elderly and disabled residents are in danger of spiraling into crisis after new analysis reveals a £4.3 billion funding black hole by the end of this decade, social
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Social investment could play a leading role in alleviating the crisis faced in social care for older people, but urgent action is needed to make this happen, says a new
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Hospital patients could be asked to pay for their “bed and board” if funding does not match increasing demand, a top health service manager has warned. Rob Webster, chief executive
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Health Minister Edwin Poots has welcomed a funding boost for Dementia services in Northern Ireland. The Minister acknowledged the funding from the Executive’s Delivering Social Change programme as he launched
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A multi-million pound investment in services to support older people, particularly the frail elderly, to maintain their independence and remain in their home in Mid and West Wales, has been
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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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