Category: Community Care- Adults
Aside from the war in Ukraine, no subject has dominated the news in 2022 more than the cost of living crisis. Soaring costs for energy, fuel and food – driven in part by the war, as well as other factors such as supply-chain issues – are forcing households across the UK to cut back on spending. […]
Carers are more stressed, less able to take breaks and less supported by paid services, a survey of over 40,000 has found. They are also also less involved in their loved-ones’ care, less satisfied with the services they receive and less socially connected, found NHS Digital’s 2021-22 study into the lives of unpaid carers, a […]
By Tim Spencer-Lane The government has published its much-anticipated draft Mental Health Bill to amend the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). According to the government, the draft bill includes “a range of changes to shift the balance of power from the system to the patient, putting service users at the centre of decisions about their […]
Most councils fear they will lack enough social workers and other frontline staff to implement the government’s adult social care reforms, the Local Government Association has found. Three-quarters of lead councillors for adult social care said they were not confident they would have the required frontline capacity to deliver the reforms, which will come into force […]
By Patrick Grafton-Green and Mithran Samuel Councils would require an “unfeasible” increase in adult social work numbers to implement the government’s care reforms unless they change systems, according to a report last week. English authorities would need to carry out an estimated 105,000 extra Care Act assessments a year because of an influx of self-funders […]
Story updated 16 May 2022 Sixty five thousand people in England have been waiting at least six months for an adults’ services assessment as unmet needs mount, directors have warned. The figure, dating from the end of February, is six times that recorded in September last year, and comes with most directors reporting they have […]
Story updated 15 May 2022 Social Work England has issued proposed training standards for approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) and the new role of approved mental capacity professional (AMCP) for consultation. The standards – when agreed – will be used to approve and reapprove AMHP training courses and approve programmes to train up AMCPs once […]
The government has increased weekly payments for care home residents with nursing needs by 11.5% as vacancies for nurses working in social care continue to mount. The Department of Health and Social Care will also fund £87m in back payments for NHS-funded nursing care (FNC), on the back of research it conducted with providers on […]
Story updated Proposals to overhaul the Mental Health Act 1983 will be considered by Parliament over the next year, the government announced today in the Queen’s Speech. It will produce a draft bill designed to reduce the number of detentions, tackle longstanding racial disparities in the use of compulsory powers and end the detention of […]
The government unlawfully failed to consider the spread of Covid-19 from people without symptoms admitted to care homes in policies issued in the early stages of the pandemic. That was the verdict of the High Court last week as it upheld part of a judicial review claim brought by the daughters of two men who […]