All Social care articles – Page 62
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NewsAnger over failure to agree social care funding
The government’s failure to agree a funding plan for social care have been greeted with disappointment from across the health sector.
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NewsNo social care funding settlement until next spending review
Ministers have confirmed they cannot commit to a cap on the cost of social care unless they can find an extra £2.2bn at the next comprehensive spending review – and suggested the cap could be higher than the level recommended by an independent review of care funding.
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NewsSocial care cuts pile pressure on NHS
Two thirds of NHS leaders believe cuts to council spending have impacted on their services over the past year, prompting warnings that the system is “heading for collapse”.
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CommentJohn Deffenbaugh: why the NHS and local government jigsaw can fit together this time
There have been many attempts to bring the NHS and local government closer together.
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NewsNew integrated provider on cards for London
Two councils and a community trust in London are to consider plans to integrate provision of health and social care services.
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NewsQuarter of CQC inspections reveal essential standards not met
Fewer than three out of four of the 14,000 health and social care sites inspected by the Care Quality Commission met all essential standards around quality and safety.
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NewsNicholson shuns localism to keep grip on NHS cash
Chief ‘doesn’t apologise’ for central control.
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HSJ Local
Plan for social workers to join GP surgeries
STRUCTURE: Social workers could join GP surgeries under plans being developed by Surrey County Council.
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Blogs
A death in a hostel
A personal account of managing a home for “difficult” elderly male patients.
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SupplementsOut of hospital care - an HSJ service provision supplement
This special HSJ supplement, in association with Bupa Home Healthcare, looks at providing healthcare services outside of the hospital.
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Comment'The secrecy of information in the NHS is absurd'
The information strategy is high on aspiration, but short on direction.
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NewsLegionnaires' outbreak 'has peaked', says health secretary
There have been no new cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the outbreak which has claimed two lives, health chiefs in Scotland have said.
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NewsAdult social care budgets cut by £890m
Funding reform ‘desperately needed’, warn senior directors
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NewsSocial care cuts increasing risk to older people - survey
Older people are being put at risk because of “dangerous” cuts to home-based care which could cost the country billions of pounds, a leading charity has warned.
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NewsDH business plan sets out caveats and minor delays
More details about public health funding, including how the controversial “health premium” will work in practice, are due to be published this month according to the Department of Health’s latest business plan.
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NewsExclusive: new CQC chief executive revealed
Department of Health director general of social care David Behan has been appointed chief executive of the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Councils using social care cash to plug funding gaps
A new report claims that almost half of councils are plugging gaps in access to existing social care services by using additional social care funding from the NHS, rather than spending it on providing additional services or improving quality.
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NewsSocial care system needs urgent funding reform - report
Urgent reform to the funding of the social care system is needed to meet the needs of an ageing population, health experts have said.