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  • Why are councils spending less on adult social care?

    The annual Local Government Association and Adass survey of councils' adult social care expenditure had a very surprising finding - that spending on adult care by councils in England actually decreased from 2006-7 to 2007-8 by £250m (about 2% ). Interestingly, councils also reported facing lower...
    Posted to Adults' services (Forum) by Mithran on 07-02-2008

  • Re: Mental health national service framework

    Interestingly the government has just trumpeted the success of some of the key measures in the national service framework with big increases in the number of people using crisis resolution, early intervention and assertive outreach teams . (Though I guess these kind of "output" figures don't...
    Posted to Adults' services (Forum) by Mithran on 06-26-2008

  • Council bans words

    by Anabel Unity Sale Councils always get a bad rap in the papers. If it's not one thing it's another. This time Tunbridge Wells Council is in the frame for attempting to make sure it uses inclusive language by banning the word 'brainstorming' and replacing it with 'thought showers'...
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-23-2008

  • No evidence migrants are jumping housing queue

    Interim research out today from the Local Government Association and the Equality and Human Rights Commission finds there is no evidence of bias against UK-born people in the allocation of social housing. Key findings include that new migrants to the UK over the past five years make up 3% of the population...
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-09-2008
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