Health and social care integration toolkit launched
Local councils should take action to improve the delivery of integrated health and social care, the LGA has urged. This week the association published a new toolkit to help commissioners
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Liverpool social care services to be cut by 25%
Social care services in Liverpool will be reduced by a quarter as a result of £156m of cuts over three years. Mayor Joe Anderson said some mandatory services would be
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Glasgow homecare staff strike over pay
Care workers at Scotland’s largest council have gone on a two-day strike over changes to pay and conditions. Trade union Unison said its members were striking after they failed to
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Devon social services in £7million overspend
Devon County Council leader John Hart has been told to “get to grips” with spiralling costs after a £6.9 million overspend was revealed just weeks ahead of plans to axe
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Local Authorities and Child Poverty: Balancing Threats and Opportunities
Some 3.5 million children – over a quarter of all children – currently live below the poverty line in the UK. And this has a devastating impact on their lives.
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Residential care reforms tighten scrutiny on council decisions
Councils have been warned against locating vulnerable children far from their homes, as residential care reforms increase scrutiny on town hall decision-making. Regulation changes set for introduction at the end
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Surrey’s social care director Sarah Mitchell resigns
Surrey County Council’s director of adult social care has stepped down from her post for “personal reasons and by mutual consent”. Sarah Mitchell left the county council on December 31
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Adult social care ‘redesigned’ as Dorset bids to save £7million
Dorset County Council is planning to transform the way it delivers adult social care in a bid to save £7million. The directorate is to carry out a ‘radical review’ of
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Norfolk County Council cuts ‘could set back community based social care by at least 10 years’
Controversial proposed council cuts, one of which a charity warned could set back community based social care in Norfolk by at least 10 years, will be considered by councillors for
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Coventry City Council plans to cut 150 social care jobs
About 150 community care jobs could be cut if Coventry City Council plans to save £5m are agreed next year. It is expected 100 of the job losses would be
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