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SOCIAL CARE
Major parties 'fall short' on social care funding commitments
By William Eichler | 04 December 2019
None of the three major parties have pledged enough in social care funding to fix the ongoing cri...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
At least 90,000 extra social workers needed to meet care reforms
By Laura Sharman | 28 November 2019
An extra 90,000 care workers will be needed to provide just two hours of basic care for older peo...
FINANCE
Nine in 10 care directors concerned at winter pressures
By Martin Ford | 27 November 2019
More than 90% of adult care directors are concerned at their ability to cope with winter pressure...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Promising the earth, but are they fit for the future?
By Heather Jameson | 27 November 2019
Heather Jameson says that as we approach 2020, we are greeted by election manifestos appealing m...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Let's ensure the sector gets heard above the post-election hubbub
By Anthony May | 27 November 2019
To get its voice heard by an incoming government, the sector should unite around the main themes ...
FINANCE
An election that's about last decade as much as the next
By Michael Burton | 27 November 2019
Jeremy Corbyn still continues to be snapping at Boris Johnson’s heels, says Michael Burton. Could...
WHITEHALL
Conservatives call for care consensus in cautious manifesto
By Paul Marinko | 25 November 2019
The Conservatives are set to keep the council tax cap, seek cross-party consensus on social care ...
ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES
We are forced to 'eke out too little to too many people' says social care chief
By Ann McGauran | 20 November 2019
Too many social workers, managers and councillors 'are having to make invidious decisions to eke ...
FINANCE
How to hurdle the adult care gap
By John Bolton | 19 November 2019
As delegates arrive at the National Children and Adult Services (NCAS) conference in Bournemouth,...
HEALTH
District councils play a major role in health and well-being.
13 November 2019
If we can keep our most vulnerable residents safe, well and happy in their own homes, this will p...
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