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Engage: West Sussex County Council – Repairing Families from the Bottom Up

By Iain MacDonald11th January 2018Engage

This is a sponsored article and is brought to you by West Sussex County Council. At West Sussex County Council we are doing something inspirational, something we are really proud

Engage: Fact Check – Are there more beds available across the NHS?

By Katja Grasic8th January 2018Engage

We have put extra funding in. There are more beds available across the system, we’ve reduced the number of delayed discharges of elderly people who would otherwise have been in

Council tax cap to rise to 5.99% in bid to tackle social care funding crisis

By Andrew Woodcock20th December 2017News England

Local authorities are to be allowed to raise council tax by up to 5.99% next year, after a further relaxation of the Government-imposed cap to address shortfalls in funding for

Council tax powers will raise only a fraction of social care cash needed, say MPs

By Jon Vale19th December 2017News England

Plans to give local authorities the power to raise council tax by an extra 1% will generate only a fraction of the funding shortfall in social care, a senior Labour

Tory MP calls for social care to be centrally funded along lines of NHS

By Jon Vale19th December 2017News England

A Tory MP has urged ministers to consider “centralised funding” of social care in a similar system to the NHS. Huw Merriman made the call as he highlighted the situation

1,400 dementia sufferers stranded in hospital on Christmas Day, charity warns

By Tom Wilkinson13th December 2017News England

More than 1,400 people with dementia who are well enough to go home will be stranded in hospital on Christmas Day, the Alzheimer’s Society said. Charity bosses blamed a lack

Holyrood MSPs told £1bn in extra funding needed to sustain care home sector

By The Press Association13th December 2017News Scotland

Scotland’s care sector needs an extra £1 billion of funding, MSPs have heard. Donald Macaskill, Scottish Care chief executive, told a Holyrood committee the cash was a “conservative” estimate of

Report: Scottish Social Services Council Annual Report 2016-2017

By Iain MacDonald12th December 2017Reports & Resources

The Scottish Social Services Council has published their annual report and accounts for 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017. Publication of the revised Codes of Practice and moving to