social care

• Sector hits out at ‘unacceptable’ delays to social care reform

  The social care sector has expressed its disappointment and frustration at the delay in the government’s long-awaited green paper.

  

• Council chiefs blast May’s £20bn NHS funding promise

  Local government leaders have criticised Theresa May for not offering extra money to struggling social care services as part of her £20bn NHS funding boost.

  

• Make social care ‘free at the point of need’, former health minister says

  Social care should be ‘free at the point of need’ like the NHS, a bold new report into the health and care system recommends.

  

• How to solve the delayed transfers of care problem

  Paul Hayes, national director of commissioning operations at Four Seasons Health Care, explores the potential of intermediate care.

  

• Increase in social care spending backed by British public

  More than 80% of the British public support a 3.9% increase in social care spending, according to a new poll for the NHS Confederation.

  

• Councils struggle to sustain ‘fragile’ care sector, directors warn

  A new report into the state of the social care system has revealed that adult social care makes up nearly 40% of councils’ budgets.

  

• Health and social care integration ‘hampered’ by lack of communication, MPs say

  There has been a ‘failure’ to engage with local leaders when it comes to the integration of health and social care services, MPs say.

  

• Future of social care precept looks 'very bleak' from 2019 warns Care England

  A third of English councils will be unable to raise enough money through the social care precept to pay for the services they are meant to cover, according to new research.

  

• Community groups ‘pivotal’ in delivering personalised care

  Voluntary and community organisations play a ‘pivotal role’ in delivering personalised care, a new report finds.

  

• Three-quarters of councils facing financial crisis next year warn leaders

  Three-quarters of senior officers expect austerity to claim more victims in the coming year, while a third are pessimistic about balancing savings with protecting frontline services in years to come.