Adult services ‘save NHS £60m’
Social care has saved the NHS almost £60 million in the past year by reducing the number of delayed transfers of care, according to new analysis by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.
The Editorial Team
Social care funding for winter pressures
The Government has announced it will give an additional £240 million for the adult social care system to tackle winter pressures.
Rough sleeping strategy
The LGA was a member of an advisory panel involved in the development of the Government’s Rough Sleeping Strategy, along with councils and homelessness service providers and partners.
Growing ‘care injustice’ warning
The Care Quality Commission’s annual State of Care report show a growing “care injustice”, with access increasingly dependent on how well local systems work together.
SEND pupil funding concerns
A report by the National Association of Head Teachers has found that 94 per cent of schools are finding it harder to meet the needs of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) than they did two years ago.
Helping young people to trust
Eleven local authority areas have been awarded government funding to help them provide ‘trusted’ adults to support children at risk of sexual abuse or of being drawn into criminality.
Protecting the most vulnerable
With normal service resumed in Parliament following the summer recess, a number of important bills are being discussed in both the House of Commons and House of Lords.