7 October, 2022
6 October, 2022
County Councils Network warns of 'perfect storm' of financial and workforce pressures being faced by local authorities and that failure to delay the reforms could make them 'unworkable at inception'
27 September, 2022
22 September, 2022
New Adult Social Care Discharge Fund will inform further government action from next year to 'rebalance' funding across health and care
22 September, 2022
However, Chancellor says that funding for health and social care services will be maintained at the same level as if the measures had been kept in place
5 September, 2022
Responding to new analysis from Age UK, social care campaigners call for government to provide urgent cash injection to social care system to address increasing pressures caused by funding and staff shortages
1 September, 2022
25 August, 2022
Based on lessons from complaints received, guidance sets out key good practice points for financial assessment practitioners in local authorities
18 August, 2022
Social Services Minister says the proposal aims to 'further strengthen the voice and control of service users and their carers'
9 August, 2022
Proposals seek to 'balance the principles of funding certainty, transparency, robustness and fairness’
8 August, 2022
Responding to councils' concerns about funding shortfalls and their ability to meet government's timetable, Local Government Association writes to Secretary of State to call for reforms to be put back to April 2024
5 August, 2022
Situation is deteriorating rapidly, with system buckling under unprecedented pressures, says Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
5 August, 2022
Council ordered to award compensation totalling £8,550 and to review its direct payments policy
4 August, 2022
Levelling Up Committee adds that White Paper is nothing more than a vision with 'no roadmap, no timetable, no milestones, and no measures of success'
27 July, 2022
BG & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Suffolk County Council [2022] EWCA Civ 1047
26 July, 2022
While earlier intervention may not have altered the final outcome, ‘several opportunities to intervene were lost’, says Ombudsman
21 July, 2022
Complaint to Ombudsman results in compensation award of £7,000 for lost entitlement to PIP and a further £7,250 in relation to the injustice experienced by complainant and her parent carers
19 July, 2022
Association of Directors of Adult Social Services warning highlights increase in requests for support from people with mental health issues, domestic abuse and safeguarding concerns, and problems due to breakdown of unpaid carer arrangements
8 July, 2022
Following concerns expressed in response to recent consultation exercise, Social Care Minister confirms that the government will take a 'staged approach' to its planned extension of Section 18(3) of the Care Act 2014
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