The system for means testing and rationing council social care services means the needs of many people are ignored and they are not given advice about the best care available to them, a report from the Commission for Social Care Inspection says today.
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Mid-Mersey A E Delivery Board, Widnes Vikings, Renova Developments, and Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership won the 2018 HSJ Award for primary care innovation for their awareness campaign Beat the Scrum . Claire Read reports
An “integrated care provider” of a range of services including core general practice is due to be established in a major new housing development.
Social care lies low on the political funding priority and public sympathy radar, with social care funding having acquired the totemic status of a black hole, says Andy Cowper
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Financial penalties are being lifted from high-profile standards including cancer and elective waiting times, so far without attracting much attention. How is this happening? And will it work, asks Rob Findlay
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