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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

Union hits out at ‘scandal’ of homecare workers paid less than minimum wage

By The Press Association27th July 2016News England

Homecare workers continue to receive less than the minimum wage because of the “scandal” of not being paid for the time spent travelling between visits, the Government is being told.

MPs call for social care integration rethink to reduce hospital discharge delays

By The Press Association21st July 2016News England

The widening gap between rising demand for social care and its availability is impacting on efforts to cut the number of people stuck in hospital, a report has found. MPs

Labour in one week social care guarantee to eradicate bed-blocking

By The Press Association19th July 2016News Scotland

Infirm hospital patients should receive guaranteed social care within a week of being declared fit to go home, according to Labour. More than 5,000 patients have been held in hospital