7 December, 2015
7 December, 2015
Letter to Guardian from Chief Executives of Nuffield Trust and King's Fund warns that new powers to raise council tax to pay for social care will not raise as much as the government suggests and, given wide variations in how much councils can raise through their tax base, will disadvantage deprived areas with high needs for publicly funded care.
4 December, 2015
The Welsh Government has announced that it will be investing £455,000 this year in the scheme - which delivers high quality palliative and end of life care to people in or close to their own homes - and has earmarked £910,000 funding for 2016/2017 and 2017/2018.
3 December, 2015
New report from Audit Scotland reviews the progress made to establish new integration authorities, which will be responsible for planning joint health and social care services and managing budgets totalling over £8 billion by 1 April 2016, and highlights risks that need addressing including difficulties with agreeing budgets, complex governance arrangements, and workforce planning.
3 December, 2015
New report from Housing LIN Cymru sets out evidence that extra care housing improves the health and wellbeing of residents; benefits local communities by offering employment and freeing up family housing; and reduces demand for health and social care services, and makes recommendations to ensure that extra care housing is a central plank of housing policies and provision for older people in the future.
2 December, 2015
New Public Accounts Committee report raises fresh concerns over the funding and provision of public services.
1 December, 2015
30 November, 2015
Guardian reports on Local Government Association's warning that power to increase council tax by 2 per cent, announced in Autumn Statement, will benefit local authorities with higher property prices much more than those in poorer areas.
25 November, 2015
Autumn Statement announces that by 2020 health and social care will be integrated across the country and that every part of the country must have a plan for this in 2017 (paragraph 1.112).
25 November, 2015
Autumn Statement announces that from 2017 the government will make funding available to local government, worth £1.5 billion in 2019-2020, to be included in the Better Care Fund (paragraph 1.111).
25 November, 2015
Autumn Statement confirms that cap on reasonable care costs and extension of means tested support will be introduced and funded from April 2020 (paragraph 1.110).
25 November, 2015
Autumn Statement announces funding for home adaptations which is expected to prevent 8,500 people from needing to go into a care home in 2019/2020 (paragraph 1.109)
25 November, 2015
Autumn Statement announces new 'social care precept' to give local authorities who are responsible for social care the ability to raise new funding to spend exclusively on adult social care (paragraph 1.107).
23 November, 2015
Today's public notice highlights failings of Kent care provider which refused to repay £6,500 to family of former resident after it wrongly charged a retrospective ‘top up’ fee covering a period during which the local council paid for his care.
23 November, 2015
Guardian reports on measure expected to be announced in Autumn Statement on Wednesday.
23 November, 2015
Observer reports on joint letter from 15 social care and older people’s groups highlighting 'devastating financial collapse' facing social care if funding is not increased.
20 November, 2015
New research from Carers UK found that half of the carers they surveyed, who provide 35 hours or more care a week, have not had a Carer’s Assessment from their local authority.
18 November, 2015
New regulations that apply where a local authority is meeting care and support needs of adults and children through provision of care home accommodation, and the person concerned has expressed a preference for particular accommodation.
18 November, 2015
Care and Support Alliance highlights that the care system is in crisis, with £4.6bn in funding already taken out of the system whilst care needs are rising, and lists five reports published in the last ten weeks that provide further evidence of the continued impact of the underfunding and the risks of serious failure.
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