‘End care-health divide’
The coronavirus crisis proves the artificiality of the funding divide between the NHS and social care, according to a recent research note from the think tank Policy Exchange.
social care
Recruitment and retention
Increasing care workers’ pay will have a positive impact on those working in care and those who need it.
Care figures hit 10-year high
The number of children in care has reached a 10-year high with the system reaching breaking point, according to the LGA.
Returning to social work
With three-quarters of councils struggling to recruit social workers, the LGA and the Government Equalities Office have developed a national programme to help them fill their vacancies
Pledge to seek consensus on social care
The LGA has backed a pledge by the Government to seek cross-party consensus on long-term reform of social care.
Social care ‘must be post-election priority’
Adult social care and support needs to be at the top of the next government’s agenda, according to the LGA and a host of other organisations and charities.
‘Invest in children’
The next government needs to invest in children’s services so councils can fulfil the ambitions of the Children’s Act, the LGA has said.
Parents under pressure
Child-to-parent violence can occur in any family anywhere, but parents are often too ashamed to seek help.
Hardship behind demand for services
A rise in family conflict and hardship is behind the heightened pressure on child protection services, according to a new LGA survey of councillors responsible for children’s social care.
Caring councils
Funding for adult social care, public health and NHS reforms are among the key issues facing councillors and officers.