Burstow: Government still committed to care funding reform
The government has not gone cold on reforming adult social care funding because of the £2bn-a-year cost of implementing Andrew Dilnot's reforms, care services minister Paul Burstow (left) has insisted.
20 October 2011
Adass chief urges ministers to close care funding gap
Ministers were urged today to close the resource gap for adult social care today in order to secure financial security and dignity for current and future service users.
20 October 2011
Supply of extra care housing drying up
The supply of extra care housing is drying up because of a lack of government funding and the poor state of the housing market, experts have concluded.
19 October 2011
Councils urged to sign up to new personalisation indicators
Councils and providers have been urged to sign up to a new suite of indicators on personalisation and publish details of their progress against them.
19 October 2011
Lansley's continuing care plan 'could save £300m a year'
Health secretary Andrew Lansley's (pictured) plans to extend personal health budgets (PHBs) to people receiving continuing healthcare could save £300m a year nationally.
07 October 2011
Reassessments of users subject to care cuts were 'tokenistic'
Service users subject to cuts say reassessments of their needs were a "rubberstamping exercise", says a report on a council that has raised eligibility thresholds.
19 September 2011
Council gives social workers more time to reassess users
Social workers have been given longer to assess service users at risk from cuts in West Sussex to ensure their needs are thoroughly reviewed.
12 September 2011
Court allows challenge to council's rise in care threshold
The High Court has allowed a legal challenge against Isle of Wight Council's decision to raise eligibility thresholds for adult care, limiting access to those substantial needs.
09 September 2011
Home care staff face worsening pay and reduced safety
Home care staff are facing reduced pay and conditions and are being put at risk because of council cuts to providers, a United Kingdom Homecare Association survey has found.
06 September 2011
Adult care funding
Adult social care funding has become a significant issue over recent years,
17 August 2011
Half of councils failed to carry out 12-week consultations
More than half of councils failed to comply with the government's recommended 12-week period for consultation in setting their adult social care budgets for 2011-12.
31 August 2011
One in 10 council adult social care budgets may be illegal
One in 10 councils may have breached equality laws by failing to consult properly on cuts to adult care this year, an investigation by Community Care has revealed.
31 August 2011
Social care providers sound alarm over council fee cuts
Care quality will suffer in Leeds' residential and nursing homes on the back of recommendations to cut fees to the independent sector, providers have warned.
30 August 2011
Expert guide to health and social care joint working
Successful joint working between health and social care staff is a vital component of improving the lives of vulnerable adults and children
17 August 2011
Adult social care
Adult social care refers to a system of support designed to maintain and promote the independence and well-being of disabled and older people, and informal carers. While often associated with the provision of personal care and accommodation, it also includes support to help people perform parenting roles, participate in their communities and manage other day-to-day affairs.
17 August 2011
Councils face mounting pressures as PCTs cut continuing care
Adult social services are facing increased pressures and families higher care bills due to NHS cuts to continuing healthcare, warn social care leaders.
10 August 2011
Cuts will damage social care service levels: finance expert
Social care departments will struggle to maintain "decent levels of services" without extra government funding, a finance expert has warned.
21 July 2011
Cut hospital beds by 10% to fund dementia care, say MPs
The NHS should cut at least 10% of hospital beds to free up funds for community-based dementia care services, MPs and peers have recommended.
12 July 2011
Dilnot makes funding reform call as cuts ravage care system
Andrew Dilnot's call for a significant injection of cash to reform social care came in a week where the funding shortages ravaging the current system were laid bare.
08 July 2011
Cuts to adult social care to worsen next year, warns Adass
Cuts to adult social care are set to get worse in 2012-13 following big reductions in funding this year, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services president Peter Hay (pictured) warned today.
07 July 2011
