Social Care – Page 148 – Care Appointments

MPs condemn councils over ‘ineffectual and meaningless’ help for homeless

By The Press Association18th August 2016News England

Homeless people are too often given “ineffectual and meaningless” advice by councils which treat them badly, according to MPs. A report by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee blames

Unison Scotland workforce survey finds home carers ‘stretched to the limit’

By The Press Association17th August 2016News Scotland

Home carers in Scotland are being “stretched to the limit”, according to a new report. The survey of home carers by the Unison Scotland union found four out of five

Inspectorate publish reports on domiciliary care in six Welsh local authorities

By Iain MacDonald10th August 2016News Wales

The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) has published new reports on home care in Carmarthenshire, Wrexham, Cardiff, Denbighshire, Monmouthshire and Swansea. These six reports are part of their

Engage: Coalition in call for new model of social care support in Scotland

By Iain MacDonald3rd August 2016Engage

Scotland’s social care support system increasingly risks cracking under the strain, as demand rises and funding fails to keep pace, to the potential detriment of thousands of disabled people and

Engage: Addressing delays in discharge – a case of integrated care in action?

By Hilary Brown, University of Birmingham3rd August 2016Engage

A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) published earlier this year estimated that delays in discharging medically fit patients from hospital were costing £820m a year. In spite of many