A million older people ‘badly let down’ by lack of social care funding
The number of older people in England without social care support has hit a record high, with one in seven … Read more
Social Care
Join up health and housing policy or risk return to ‘pre-war slum housing’, Labour warns
Full story in The Independent, 2 July 2018 Labour has warned there is a risk of the resurgence of post-war … Read more
NHS boost ‘like pouring water down a sink’ without care cash
Full story at Local Government Chronicle, 18 June 2018 At least four major representative groups for local government have warned … Read more
Adult social care services on brink of collapse, survey shows
Full story in The Guardian, 12 June 2018 Social care services for vulnerable adults are on the verge of collapse … Read more
Council chief says NHS faces year-round crisis over lack of social care
Full Story in The Guardian 12 March 2018 The NHS could be plunged into a year-round crisis because of a … Read more
Firm with safeguarding issues launches new ‘CareBnB’ trial.
Full Story at HSJ 1 March 2018 The company developing a controversial “Airbnb for social care” model allowing homeowners to … Read more
NHS doctor: ‘We are appalled by our own care’
Full story from Sky News, 3 January 2018 A London doctor tells Sky News what it is like to work … Read more
Watchdog warns that NHS faces even worse winter crisis than last year
Full story in The Guardian, 16 November 2017 The NHS is in an “extremely challenging” position with winter approaching because hospitals have … Read more
After four years, teaching trust to exit special measures
Full story in The HSJ 2 November 2017 An NHS hospital trust in special measures for the last four years … Read more
Controversial care plans U-turned by ‘carebnb’ trust
Full story in The HSJ 26 October 2017 The trust involved in a controversial plan to send discharged patients to … Read more