17 March, 2021
16 March, 2021 Open access
12 March, 2021
New statutory instrument
12 March, 2021
Housing Minister also confirms extra funding of £400,000 million to help local authorities meet costs associated with removal of means test
11 March, 2021
11 March, 2021
New statutory instrument
8 March, 2021
5 March, 2021 Open access
Finding long-term solution to financial pressures on adult social care system is 'one of the toughest questions we will have to face in the coming years', says Committee Chair
4 March, 2021
4 March, 2021
Two-week funded respite break turned into a five-month separation and a £15,000 care fees debt due to the council's delay in assessing the resident's and his carer's needs
2 March, 2021
Policy for assessing reductions in capital set a false burden of proof for showing resident's spending was allowed under care charging regulations
18 February, 2021
New statutory instruments
18 February, 2021
Jeremey Hunt says that pandemic has 'shone its cruel light' on the system's failings and resolving crisis must be priority
16 February, 2021
12 February, 2021
However, total value of grant remains frozen at 2019/2020 level of £160 million
11 February, 2021
New legislation will support Covid-19 recovery by ‘stripping away unnecessary legislative bureaucracy, empowering local leaders and services and tackling health inequalities’
10 February, 2021
New report from Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee expresses concern that social care staff are undervalued, and calls for shift from 'crisis driven' approach towards preventative model
10 February, 2021
Focusing on effect of Act on carers, study finds that, contrary to expectations, volume of assessments, numbers of carers accessing support, and expenditure on carer specific services have all decreased since 2014
4 February, 2021
Greater investment in social care should form part of new narrative to replace 'crisis with prevention and wellbeing, burden with investment and variation with fairness’