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FINANCE

Tensions rise as NHS fines 22 councils for bed-blocking

By Sam Clayden | 28 June 2017

The NHS has fined at least 22 councils for bed-blocking and threatened 11 others with charges ami...

WHITEHALL

One in 10 slash social care spending by 25%

By Sam Clayden | 05 April 2017

One in 10 councils slashed adult social care spending by more than a quarter in six years, a new ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

The Government must recognise the value of social workers

By Blair McPherson | 22 March 2017

It is not what is in the Government’s new social work advice note that trouble’s Blair McPherson....

FINANCE

Hammond comes under renewed pressure on social care

By Mark Conrad | 06 March 2017

Chancellor Philip Hammond has come under renewed pressure to invest fresh cash into adult social ...

WHITEHALL

Social care system in 'imminent' danger

By Laura Sharman | 16 February 2017

One in eight older people are failing to get the care they need, demonstrating the ‘imminent’ dan...

HEALTH

NAO warns '2020 deadline for integrated care at risk'

By Sam Clayden | 08 February 2017

The Government’s aim of fully integrated health and social care by 2020 is at ‘significant risk,’...

FINANCE

Warning over future for care home providers

By Dan Peters | 25 January 2017

Councils have called for ‘urgent and genuinely new’ funding for social care amid fresh warnings t...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Porter promoted to deputy

24 January 2017

Luton Council’s corporate director for customer and commercial services, Robin Porter, has been p...

HEALTH

EXCLUSIVE: Lack of confidence in adult social care strategy exposed

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

The true scale of feeling across local government about the escalating social care crisis is reve...

HEALTH

'Beef up wellbeing boards to aid health and care policy'

By Sam Clayden | 10 January 2017

Powers should be devolved to ‘beefed up’ health and wellbeing boards to bolster and consolidate l...

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