1 November, 2019
24 October, 2019
Case highlights the dangers of using a box-ticking approach to assessing peoples’ eligibility for council services, says Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman,
22 October, 2019
Aburas, R. (on the application of) v London Borough of Southwark [2019] EWHC 2754 (Admin)
22 October, 2019
New statistics from NHS Digital report that this equates to an extra 195 requests per day over the last year
16 October, 2019
First Minister says new policy will be implemented over the next parliament if she is re-elected
15 October, 2019
Annual assessment of health and care quality highlights increasing number of care providers are choosing not to take on people funded by local authorities
14 October, 2019
10 October, 2019
Ombudsman says the woman, who has autism, was left without proper support and the out of date plan was directly linked to the termination of care provision
9 October, 2019
New research shows that the majority of local authorities rely on a complaints process which can be unfit for purpose
4 October, 2019
Government sets out details of £1.5bn additional funding it is making available for social care provision in 2020/2021
1 October, 2019
Strategic Policy Statement aims to maximise the benefits from national policies and approaches intended to support carers
23 September, 2019
New policy will cost an estimated £6 billion in 2020/2021 and double the number of people receiving state funded care
19 September, 2019
New report also calls for powerful new care regulator to oversee the financial regulation of medium and large providers
19 September, 2019
Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints highlights that many complaints are driven by attempts to ration scarce resources
12 September, 2019
Government's 'Operation Yellowhammer' highlights risk of 'provider failure' following EU exit
4 September, 2019
One year settlement for 2020/2021 includes £1bn additional grant plus potential for councils to access a further £0.5bn
4 September, 2019
Staffordshire County Council failed to make adequate service improvements and did not apologise or pay redress to agreed timescales
21 August, 2019
New report sets out eight steps for achieving sustainable adult social care in London
2 August, 2019
Recommendations include identifying people who are unpaid carers so as to direct them to support and ensuring replacement care services are available
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