Category: Community Care- Adults
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 Long-awaited legislation to overhaul the “outdated” Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) has been introduced to Parliament.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 […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Social care services will receive an extra £600m at least in government grant funding next year, chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in today’s Budget. The package was part of a settlement for local authorities in England that […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Many thousands of care workers will get a 6.7% pay rise next April after the government announced the 2025 increase in the national living wage (NLW). The wage floor for UK workers aged 21 and over […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. “Chronic” Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) backlogs are leaving many people without the human rights protections the system was designed to provide, the Care Quality Commission has warned. People will continue to be failed without “urgent […]
This article provides tips from Community Care Inform Adults’ guide on giving written and oral evidence to the Court of Protection. Based on first-hand experience, it provides information and tips to enable practitioners to prepare for their own courtroom experience and includes guidance for both face-to-face and remote hearings. The guide is written by social […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. The planned fair pay agreement for adult social care is likely to increase costs to councils, as well as those funding their own care, the government has said. Providers have limited scope to absorb the expected […]