Social care: workforce challenges remain
Around 390,000 adult social care staff left their jobs last year – with about a third of them leaving the sector altogether, according to the strategic workforce development and planning body in England.
Adult social care
‘Scrap single-word ratings for adult social care’
Plans to introduce ‘single word’ inspection ratings for adult social care services should be dropped, as they set local councils up “to fail”.
Next steps on social care support are ‘disappointing’
The Government has set out a two-year plan for reform of the adult social care system in ‘Next steps to put people at the heart of care’.
Next steps on social care reform
A major reset is needed to prioritise prevention and early intervention.
‘Crisis’ in preventative care for older people
The crisis in the NHS is “largely a crisis in older people’s preventative care”, according to a report from the charity Age UK.
Government ‘must engage with councils’ on care
Small allocations of funding and placing blame on social care are not the solution to tackling delays in discharging patients from hospitals, according to local government leaders.
Councils call for £13bn for adult social care
The LGA has called on the Government to find £13 billion for adult social care, amid warnings that one in five care workers are living in poverty.
Social care complaints down
Complaints to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman about adult social care services have gone down – but more are being upheld compared with other complaints.
Care users ‘struggling to recruit personal assistants’
People who draw on care and support are finding it increasingly hard to recruit and retain personal assistants (PAs), a recent survey has found.
Improving the social care experiences of LGBTQ+ youth
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ+) young people in social care have largely been overlooked in research, practice and policy.