£1.8bn for NHS highlights social care funding gap
There cannot be a sustainable health service without a sustainable adult social care system, the LGA has said in response to the recent announcement of a £1.8 billion cash injection for the NHS.
Social Care
Care in crisis
Brexit is no excuse for the continuing and lengthy delay to publication of the Government’s Green Paper on adult social care, the LGA has warned.
‘Parliamentary logjam’ delaying green paper
The Government’s Social Care Green Paper has been held up by “the parliamentary logjam and a lack of cross-party consensus”, Health and Care Secretary Matt Hancock told the LGA’s annual conference.
NAO report on NHS financial stability
The crisis in social care, staff shortages and growing waiting lists risk thwarting the ambitions of the NHS’s Long Term Plan, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.
Social care concerns
While it may feel like 2019 has started where 2018 left off, with Brexit very much the focus of Parliament and the Government, work has continued on a number of important issues such as health and social care.
Living the lives we want to lead
Doing nothing about the funding crisis facing adult social care is no longer an option, according to responses to the LGA’s green paper consultation.
‘New money needed to fund social care’
The Government needs to make the case for national tax and/or social insurance increases to help address the adult social care funding gap, according to responses to the LGA’s green paper.