Category: Community Care- Adults
The government has launched a review into whether people receiving care at home have adequate protections from abuse by those providing it. The probe is in response to concerns raised by disabled and deaf people’s organisations that existing safeguards are not adequate, where the carer fell outside the definition of domestic abuse provided by the […]
Safeguarding teams took no action in response “serious” concerns about the care of disabled people segregated in mental health hospitals, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said. Alerts were raised concerning 13 people with learning disabilities or autistic people in long-term segregation for reasons including poor-quality environments, a lack of care and observation and the […]
The adult social care staffing situation in England continues to deteriorate with vacancies still rising while the number of filled posts falls. The latest monthly update from Skills for Care shows that vacancies rose from 9.4% to 9.5% between December 2021 and January, while the number of filled posts fell to 4.3% below March 2021* […]
The government is examining how councils can place more social work students to meet its ambitions to increase numbers coming into the profession. Ministers intend to train more practitioners through new and existing training routes as part of its reforms to adult social care, funded through part of £500m allocated to develop the wider social […]
A council left an older man, whose health was deteriorating, in a care setting it knew to be unsuitable for almost two months, an ombudsman investigation has found. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman concluded that Warwickshire council had maintained the man’s placement “for a prolonged period with the knowledge his care needs were […]
Story updated UK Government plans to more closely integrate health and social care in England will not succeed in their aims to improve care quality, personalisation and value for money without adequate funding and staffing, sector bodies have warned. The integration white paper, issued yesterday, includes plans to make a single leader accountable for delivery […]
People with less wealth and in poorer regions will have significantly reduced protection against “catastrophic” care costs due to a government change to the way the cap on care costs will work, an analysis has found. The proposed government amendment to the Care Act 2014 would would mean that only client contributions to personal care […]
A social workers’ role is to support people experiencing marginalization, which includes LGBTQ+ people. Also, council staff (including social workers) must consider and implement actions to reduce inequalities related to protected characteristics, including sexual orientation and gender reassignment, under the Equality Act’s 2010 public sector equality duty. However, there is evidence that: Professionals are uncertain […]
The government will scrap mandatory Covid vaccination for health and social care staff, subject to consultation, health and social care secretary Sajid Javid said today. The policy, requiring staff to be double jabbed, has been in place in care homes since November and, according to the government’s own estimates, has cost the workforce 40,000 staff. […]
The way ordinary residence is determined for mental health aftercare remains unsettled, despite the government winning a court ruling relating to its radical new approach to the issue. Last month, the Court of Appeal partially accepted the new policy, under which responsibility for aftercare for people detained multiple times under the Mental Health Act remains […]