Underfunded care reforms ‘a risk to services’
Councils could face a budget black hole this year amid growing concerns about underfunded adult social care reforms, the LGA has warned.
Councils could face a budget black hole this year amid growing concerns about underfunded adult social care reforms, the LGA has warned.
Councils stand ready to play their part, but funding issues must be tackled soon.
The Government has set out a 10-year vision for adult social care in England, in a long-awaited white paper.
People with a learning disability have the right to the same opportunities as anyone else to live satisfying and valued lives, and to be treated with the same dignity and respect.
Adult social care in Torbay is on a radical transformation journey, focusing on a co-designed, asset-based approach that has evolved out of the fantastic community response to COVID-19.
Adult social care and support is a vital public service that helps people of all ages, with different needs and in different settings, to live the life they want to lead.
As first was going to press, it was reported that a Government announcement on adult social care would be delayed until the autumn, despite ministers apparently reaching an agreement to fund reforms by raising national insurance.
If we build back local, we can put people at the heart of a new, reformed approach to social care.
More than 39,000 care home residents died with coronavirus in England in the year from 10 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, new figures suggest.
Action is needed on pay, conditions and training to support the people providing vital care services.