Category: Community Care- Adults
By Colin Slasberg and Peter Beresford We have previously set out why we believe the Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland has the potential to be truly ground breaking. Its first and primary recommendation is that social care should be established on a human rights basis. Whilst it also makes recommendations about structural […]
Short-termist government adult social care policy is starving the sector of investment and hampering councils’ ability to plan, amid unmet need, high levels of unpaid care and growing demand. That was the verdict of a report yesterday by the National Audit Office (NAO), which also found the Department of Health and Social Care was unable […]
The government will drop provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020 that allow councils to suspend parts of the Care Act 2014, but the temporary register for former social workers will remain in place for the time being. The changes will be formally agreed today when MPs vote on the renewal of the Coronavirus Act for […]
Care providers have been saved an estimated £400m in backpay after the Supreme Court ruled that staff are not entitled to the national minimum wage (NMW) for sleep-in shifts, apart from then they are required to be awake for working. UNISON said the judgment, handed down on Friday, was a “huge blow” for care workers, […]
The number of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation orders (DNACPRs) for people in adult care has risen during the pandemic, and some people may have had their human rights breached by not being involved in decision making, the Care Quality Commission has found. In a report last week, the CQC said that, among adult care […]
Story updated The government has found £341m in Covid-related cash for adult social care following urgent warnings by sector leaders of the consequences of previous funding running dry at the end of this month. The resources will extend the existing infection control fund (£202.5m) and fund rapid coronavirus testing for providers (£138.7m), from April onwards, […]
Social workers have played an invaluable role in the UK’s response to Covid-19, supporting families and vulnerable groups who have been pushed into crisis by the pandemic. They have carried out these vital duties with increasingly limited resources, and often without the right personal protective equipment. They have conducted complex home visits and assessments over […]
A council had ‘no regard’ for a man’s human rights when it left him in a care home he couldn’t afford and away from his family for five months, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found. Nottinghamshire council’s delay in assessing Mr D’s care needs or his capacity to make decisions about his […]
Domestic abuse, substance use and mental ill health are complex safeguarding issues, all of which are reported to have been exacerbated by the pandemic. To support the social workers helping families and vulnerable groups to manage these problems, and more, Community Care is making a number of specialist subscription resources freely available to all practitioners. […]
Almost all English councils are planning to slash budgets this year in the wake of Covid-19, including through reviewing adult care packages and increasing service user charges, the public spending watchdog has found. The National Audit Office (NAO) report on local government finance during the pandemic found 94% of councils with social services responsibilities expected […]