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Latest updates on the Social Care Discussion
Our blogs are designed to communicate updated discussions on adult social care in the UK, with relevant articles also shared below.
Silence on social care from the Autumn Statement, Cost of care hugely underestimated by over 45’s, Firms urged to review systems for customer vulnerability management
Adult Social Care Chancellor’s “silence on social care speaks volumes about Government’s priorities”, warns former Deputy Prime Minister Social care’s total omission from Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget “spoke volumes about the Government’s priorities”, former Deputy...
New permanent director general for adult social care, two-thirds of retirees unprepared for managing finances in later life, Vulnerability passport
Adult Social Care Sally Warren becomes permanent director general for adult social care The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that Sally Warren will be the permanent director general for adult social care....
Fair Pay Agreement, Elderly care planning of tomorrow, firms must evidence outcomes in next step of Consumer Duty
Adult Social Care Government invests £500 million into first ever Fair Pay Agreement in major milestone for care worker pay. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting announces a major £500m investment in Fair Pay Agreement for adult care workers...
Baroness Casey keen to ‘crack on’ with social care improvements, Families face unfair ‘luck of the draw’ over NHS continuing healthcare, four in five brokers encounter vulnerable clients
Adult Social Care Baroness Casey ‘keen to crack on’ after first cross-party social care talks The leader of a commission into the future of social care in England is keen to “crack on” with improvements in the sector, one of those who attended the first cross-party...
Income Tax to support social care funding, Financial anxiety over later life care costs, Digitising customer vulnerability to target support
Adult Social Care ‘Strong support’ across London for boosting social care funding through income tax A YouGov survey has revealed most Londoners would support an increase in income tax to fund social care https://www.carehomeprofessional.com/london-tax-social-care/...
Social care needs equal priority with NHS, Caring concerns of carers of loved ones, vulnerable customers encouraged to open up to financial firms
Adult Social Care Four in five say social care deserves equal priority to the NHS, new poll reveals A new poll has found that 79% of the British public believe social care reform deserves just as much government attention as the NHS – a powerful message of support...
Spending Review and the impact on social care, health MOT’s for over 65’s, supporting older homeowners with downsizing, life expectancy and later life finance options and vulnerability
Adult Social Care ‘Social care left out in the cold once again’ : Sector leaders respond to this month’s Spending Review Sector think tanks and leaders have welcomed the extra investment announced in the Government’s first Spending Review under the new Labour...
End of Overseas Recruitment Route for Care Workers, Care Commission progress, Firms still sticking too rigidly to processes that ultimately do not support vulnerable customers
Government to End Overseas Recruitment Route for Care Workers Amid Migration Reforms The government has announced plans to close the overseas visa route for care workers as part of new measures to reduce net migration....
Plan for change, social care going digital and vulnerability
In our blog this month we find that older people are ‘losing faith in Government’ as the care crisis deepens https://www.carehomeprofessional.com/older-people-losing-faith-in-government-as-care-crisis-deepens-report-finds/, the latest edition of The New Ageing Index...