Category: Community Care- Adults
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Integrating local authority social workers within NHS mental health trusts can help reduce the number of “harmful” out of area hospital placements (OAPs), a report has found. The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) said that […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Independent adult social care providers in England face a £2.8bn in extra costs in 2025-26 due to wage and tax rises announced in last month’s Budget, an analysis has found. The Nuffield Trust assessed that the […]
The government has set limits on increases in council tax in 2025-26. English local authorities will be able to raise core council tax by 3% and the adult social care precept – which is ring-fenced for the sector – by 2% – the same limits that have applied over the past two years. Authorities generally […]
By Tim Spencer-Lane On 11 November 2024, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was published. This bill makes provision for a person who is terminally ill and meets the eligibility criteria to choose to request and lawfully be provided with assistance to end their own life. This will be of particular interest for […]
By Simon Bottery, King’s Fund On the day before the Budget, I held a round table with social care leaders on the government’s ambition for a ‘fair pay agreement’ to raise care worker pay. This would involve creating a negotiating body, bringing together care providers and unions, to agree higher wages and better terms and […]
By Tim Spencer-Lane On 6 November 2024, the Mental Health Bill was introduced in Parliament. The bill contains measures to amend the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) in order to strengthen the voice of the patient and ensure that that detention is only used when, and for as long as, necessary. The bill is largely […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Councils were already planning to make £1.4bn in adult social care savings next year before learning of the added pressures on the sector brought about by the government’s Budget. That was one of the messages from […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Long-awaited legislation to overhaul the “outdated” Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) has been introduced to Parliament. The government said the Mental Health Bill would tackle racial discrimination in care, end the inappropriate detention of people with […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. A long-term decline in the number of people receiving adult social care in England has been partially reversed, official data shows. Councils funded long-term care packages for 858,720 people during 2023-24, up 2.8% on the year […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. The £600m for social care announced in today’s Budget risks being swallowed up by wage and employer tax increases, leaving little or nothing to address spending pressures, sector leaders have warned. Both council and adult care […]