Prime Minister sets out plans to accelerate social care reform
The Prime Minister has announced a series of measures aimed at accelerating long-awaited reform of adult social care, including bringing forward Baroness Casey’s independent review by a year and launching […]
Campaign Focus: Social Care
Throughout the year we will be sharing information on our campaign focus areas. Those topics we feel strongly about and are fighting for on behalf of our members. This month […]
Streeting rejects claims of care service u-turn
National Care Service Remains a Key Labour Commitment, Says Streeting According to reporting in The Times, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has strongly rejected suggestions that Labour is backing away from […]
What’s to be done about social care
We were hopeful, when the Government announced the appointment of Baroness Casey to conduct a wide-ranging review of national Social Care provisions in England, that the Government were at long […]
Social Care Commission – is it kicking the can down the road again?
Government announce Social Care Commission The Government has unveiled plans to reform England’s social care system, including the establishment of a cross-party Commission chaired by the crossbench peer Baroness Louise […]
Campaign Focus: Integrated social care
Over the next few months we will be sharing information on our campaign focus areas. Those topics we feel strongly about and are fighting for on behalf of our members. […]
Campaign focus: are there enough staff to care?
Over the next few months we will be sharing information on our campaign focus areas. Those topics we feel strongly about and are fighting for on behalf of our members. […]
Campaign focus: National social care service
Many of us will require some level of care when we get older. Life expectancy has plateaued, and there are a growing number of people spending their later lives in […]
Do you care for a family member?
Lots of us will care for someone at some point in our lives, however many don’t seem themselves as a carers and could be missing out on receiving extra money. […]
Vulnerable to lose out as care funding held back
Frail and vulnerable people will go without the care they need, council chiefs are warning, after ministers in England set out funding plans for care.