Category: Community Care- Adults
Councils will be able to deliver an extra 200,000 care packages over the next two years through what chancellor Jeremy Hunt described as the “biggest increase in funding” adult social care sector had received in its history. As widely trailed, Hunt used his autumn statement today to announce a two-year delay to the adult social […]
Just over half of people receiving council-arranged long-term care had a review of their support plans in 2021-22, official figures have shown. NHS Digital said 55.2% per cent of people who had been receiving long-term support for more than a year were reviewed in 2021-22, down from 58.4% in 2020-21. Councils told the statistics body that […]
By Mithran Samuel and Anastasia Koutsounia (story updated) Adult social care has a new cabinet minister as the government mulls delaying its proposed funding reforms, including the cap on care costs. Steve Barclay has returned to the post of health and social care secretary, which he held for just two months over the summer, following […]
Reports that the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) will be implemented in October 2023 are “incorrect”, the government has said. The date for the introduction of the replacement for the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) had been included in a Social Work England board report by chief executive Colum Conway. However, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) […]
No minister has been appointed for adult social care during the course of the Liz Truss premiership. Despite a full ministerial team being appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care on 7 September, the DHSC said their responsibilities had not yet been decided upon. Junior minister Neil O’Brien was understood to be covering the […]
More than 80% of jobs in the wider economy pay more than the average independent care worker wage, Skills for Care revealed today in its annual report on the workforce. NHS healthcare assistants new to their roles are earning £1 an hour more than the average independent care worker, while the hourly wage gap between […]
The police have opened an investigation into abuse of patients at a mental health hospital uncovered by the BBC. Panorama filmed staff assaulting, inappropriately restraining and secluding and verbally abusing and humiliating patients at the Edenfield Centre run by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Undercover reporter Alan Haslam, who spent three months at […]
The government has capped average energy bills for households at £2,500 for the next two years, with public bodies, charities and businesses getting support of an equivalent level for the next six months. New prime minister Liz Truss announced the long-awaited package, which will apply from 1 October, in a statement to Parliament today, effectively […]
The cost of living crisis is ‘severely’ affecting people accessing children’s and adults’ services, fuelling a host of issues including poverty, debt, mental ill-health and domestic conflict, social workers have warned. The vast majority of respondents to a Community Care survey asking about the effects of the crisis said it was hitting individuals and families […]
Proposed amendments to rules governing social workers will go ahead following a consultation by the Department for Education (DfE). The changes to social work regulations largely affect fitness-to-practice processes, as well as related matters around information sharing. They are likely to come into force on 1 December subject to approval by Parliament, to align with Social […]