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Burstow urges social workers to overhaul 'crisis' care system
The care services minister has put social workers at the heart of his plans to transform social care from a "high-dependency service" to one that supports people to stay independent.
18 May 2012
Test case could outlaw critical threshold for adult care
Councils could be prevented from restricting adult social care to meeting people's 'critical' care needs by a legal challenge brought on behalf of five disabled people.
21 May 2012
Adult social workers still have big role, says new Adass chief
Social workers have a big role to play in adult services but should no longer be deployed in roles where their skills are not required, says Sarah Pickup, the new president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.
18 April 2012
Care providers challenged to stop bidding for low-fee tenders
Care providers should cease bidding for council contracts at prices they feel are too low to deliver the specified service, incoming Association of Directors of Adult Social Services president Sarah Pickup has said.
20 April 2012
Invest in social care to revive economy, government told
Boosting investment in social care through tax breaks and incentives to start up new providers could help revive the economy's flagging fortunes, the government was told today.
02 May 2012
Overhaul personal budgets for older people, says Adass
Personal budgets must be overhauled to ensure older people, particularly those with dementia, can benefit from them, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services said today. (Image: Rex Features)
19 March 2012
Dilnot assessment plans risk bureaucracy for social workers
Dilnot commission plans to overhaul social care assessments and eligibility risk loading extra bureaucracy on to social workers without delivering on their promise of fairer access to care. (Image: Rex)
20 March 2012
'Monitor providers' finances to stop another Southern Cross'
The Scottish government should consider introducing financial health checks on larger social care providers to prevent another Southern Cross-style collapse, Audit Scotland said today.
01 March 2012
Top five victories against social care cuts of 2011
While cuts have dominated social care in 2011 some proposed funding reductions and organisational closures have been successfully reversed. Here are our top five victories against the cuts.
21 December 2011
Whistleblower says council ordered care packages delay
A council until recently imposed a blanket month-long delay on organising care packages for vulnerable adults in order to save money, a whistleblower has told Community Care.
13 September 2011
Reablement success leads to social work job cuts
A council is cutting social work jobs on the back of its success in helping service users regain independence through reablement. (Image: Rex Features).
22 February 2012
Supreme Court to rule on councils' right to limit care funding
The Supreme Court is to rule on councils' right to take resources into account in determining the levels of care they will fund for users, in a case that could have significant implications for social care funding.
08 February 2012
Social care funding gap has widened by £500m, says Age UK
The gap between social care funding and need has grown by £500m for older people in England in 2011-12, compounding a situation in which 800,000 pensioners were already going without services.
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30 January 2012
Council staff reluctant to signpost clients to equity release
Council staff have proved reluctant to signpost older clients to equity release schemes to fund low-level support at home, research has found. (Image: Rex Features)
25 January 2012
Carers 'disproportionately hit' by government cuts
Carers will be disproportionately hit by government benefit cuts over the coming years, research published today shows.
04 January 2012
£1.5bn cut for councils with social care responsibilities
Councils responsible for social care in England will have £1.5bn taken out of their budgets next year, the government has said.
09 December 2011
HSBC faces £40m bill for mis-selling care products to elderly
HSBC faces a £40m bill for mis-selling investment products to fund long-term care to elderly customers and their families.
06 December 2011
Adult care was being trimmed before coalition cuts started
Social care services were being trimmed in England even before the coalition's major programme of cuts kicked in this year, figures published today indicate.
30 November 2011
Social care faces deeper cuts on back of Osborne plan
Social care will face deeper cuts lasting until 2017 on the back of chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement issued yesterday.
30 November 2011
Unlawful threshold rise sends message to councils on care cuts
The Isle of Wight Council's increase in eligibility thresholds for adult care this year was unlawful, it was ruled today, in a judgement today that "sends a very clear message" to other councils considering cuts.
11 November 2011
