22 September, 2022
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
Warning issued after Leeds City Council found to be at fault for allowing care provider to have contract with woman to make up the difference between what it received from council and its private rate
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
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'
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
8 July, 2022
Vews sought on the general principles and financial implications of the Bill that will allow Scottish Ministers to transfer social care responsibility from local authorities to a new, national service
1 July, 2022
27 June, 2022
Highlighting the already increasing waiting times for assessments, care and reviews, LGA calls for a higher proportion of the health and social care levy to be spent on social care
24 June, 2022
Chief Executive urges government to implement urgent ‘Recovery and Respite’ plan in light of sharp drop in services allowing unpaid carers to take a break from caring for more than 24 hours
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