Monday’s Panorama on the abuse and neglect of dementia patient Maria Worroll by staff at Ash Court Care Centre in London has provoked much comment, on this blog and many others, but much of this concerns what the programme didn’t cover as much as what it did. I thought it might be worth picking out [...]
Happy New Year! I returned to work today to see social care at the top of the news headlines.Social care’s great and good have written an open letter to the prime minister (in the Telegraph) urging that he and his fellow party leaders deliver on social care funding reform this year to put an end [...]
A new guide for charities looking into the use of social impact bonds has been published by think-tank New Philanthropy Capital (NPC), warning the third sector to proceed into this form of financing with caution.“Social investment is an exciting new way of funding charities, but it is no silver bullet and chairities need to consider [...]
Deborah Jack, chief executive, National AIDS Trust, has sent the letter below to every director of adult social services, calling on them to protect social funding for people with HIV/AIDS. As we have reported, there are longstanding concerns about the future of this funding.Dear DirectorRe: The importance of social care for people with HIVOur chair, [...]
Following Jeremy’s blog post earlier on the government providing an extra £162m for social care services to help people leaving hospital, I thought it was worth noting that the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has given this the thumbs up.This money, which is for this financial year, will be issued to primary care [...]
Sometimes you wonder why the government keeps banging on about fairness and the notion that ‘we’re all in this together’ when their actions suggest that the opposite is the case. Today’s Local Government Chronicle reveals that the biggest cuts in government funding will fall on the most deprived councils – while those authorities that escape [...]
You can pretty much guess what the round-up consists of today. Thanks to man on the left (chancellor George Osborne for those of you who don’t know) we will be hearing how bad the cuts are going to be. However the various leaks have already shown us how bad it will be for social housing.Now [...]
Most news today revolves around waiting for tomorrow’s bloodbath of cuts. Now I know the prime minister and the chancellor like to go on consistently about how “We’re all in this together” and how this has to be endured to ensure a brighter future for the UK, but some sections of society seem to be [...]
The main news today are plans by Nottingham County Council to cut £72m from its adult social care budget over the next four years.The decision will be taken on 21 October and includes such things as raising eligibility criteria to substantial, cutting its supporting people budget by up to £15m over four years, closing day [...]
The Adult Care blog looks behind the policies, practices and personalities involved in the care of older and disabled people for any hidden truths, helpful tips or humour.
It is written by Community Care’s adults’ services beat editor Mithran Samuel.
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