Tag: Social Care Crisis
4 months ago
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Shropshire facing social care funding crisis in new council cash meltdown

The county had £20m shortfall in its social care budget for next year but claims it is not about to go bust

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5 months ago
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NHS doesn't need 'ever increasing' amounts of money to improve, Streeting says

The shadow Health Secretary told the latest episode of i‘s podcast Labour’s Plan For Power that pouring more money 'i...

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almost 2 years ago
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Rishi Sunak met private US social care firms to discuss 'opportunities' in the UK

According to redacted Treasury minutes, the Chancellor's attempt to secure investment from healthcare companies was r...

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almost 2 years ago
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40% of people who needed social care in Wales didn't get it during Covid pandemic, study finds

Some people were concerned about catching Covid or burdening the system - while others couldn't get an appointment du...

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over 2 years ago
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Budget 2021: Social care 'left out in the cold' this winter

Care leaders left 'bitterly disappointed' that another opportunity to rescue social care has been missed after the Pr...

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over 2 years ago
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Social care sector faces 'looming shortage' of workers due to post-Brexit immigration rules

Under the post-Brexit points-based immigration system introduced in January this year, most social care worker jobs d...

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over 2 years ago
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NHS workers set to see income fall as universal credit cut and new health tax cancel pay rise

Figures from the Commons Library suggest that the typical healthcare assistant will have an income reduction of more ...

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over 2 years ago
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Social care staff 'leaving to work at Amazon and in shops as Government fails to tackle crisis'

Care professionals 'leaving to work for Amazon and supermarkets because of low pay, poor working conditions and burnout'

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over 2 years ago
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National Care Service for Scotland plan is 'power grab' for local services, claim councils

Cosla, the umbrella body representing councils across the country, claimed a raft of local services were now at risk ...

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over 2 years ago
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Social care 'postcode lottery' preventing 80,000 elderly people from keeping their home

IPPR report says fewer people would need to sell homes to pay for care if the Government makes a big push to level up...

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almost 3 years ago
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Plea for urgent cash injection for social care system as ministers delay talks

Adult social care leaders call for decision within a month - while former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt warns of a 'fa...

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almost 3 years ago
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Failure to address social care reform in Queen's Speech will be 'bitter blow', councils warn

Local Government Association says Tuesday's Queen's Speech and the spending review later this year are 'key opportuni...

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almost 3 years ago
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Promised social care reform faces fresh delay as ministers wrangle over potential £5bn cost

Boris Johnson says plans for tackling funding crisis will be produced 'in the next few months'

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about 3 years ago
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The challenges facing Boris Johnson as MPs return from Parliament's Easter recess

From vaccine passports to nurses' pay, i spotlights some of the problems piling up for the Prime Minister in the new ...

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