Category: Community Care- Adults
Most social workers support the legalisation of assisted dying, a Community Care poll has found. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which will be voted on in the House of Commons this week, would enable adults to receive assistance to end their lives. The government has confirmed it will “remain neutral” on the bill, […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Councils will receive £22.6m in delayed adult social care innovation funding next week, the government has confirmed. It confirmed today that the second tranche of the accelerating reform fund (ARF) would be paid out, following concerns […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Specialist social workers should be involved in safeguarding people going through an assisted death should legislation due to be debated this week by MPs become law. That was the message from the Association of Palliative Care […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Social care must be protected from the “catastrophic” impact of increases in employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs), the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) said today. ADASS revealed that, by its calculations, local authorities […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Providers say they will have to cut jobs and reduce the amount of care they deliver because of the increased costs imposed by the Budget, a survey has found. Almost two-thirds (64%) of organisations said they […]
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 […]