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FINANCE
Social care spending rises by £556m
By Dan Peters | 25 October 2017
Spending by councils on social care rose by £556m in 2016/17 to £17.5bn - the first time it has r...
WHITEHALL
Adult care talks snubbed as tensions grow in sector
By Dan Peters | 18 October 2017
A sector offer to help build cross-party consensus on the way forward for adult social care has b...
HEALTH
Sutcliffe: CQC 'got some things wrong' in local systems reviews
By Dan Peters | 12 October 2017
The chief inspector of social care has admitted mistakes were made in the Care Quality Commission...
WHITEHALL
Councils 'best' to decide where to spend £2bn for social care
By Dan Peters | 29 March 2017
Councils have been told they are ‘best placed’ to decide how to spend the additional £2bn the Gov...
BUSINESS
New trio 'force to be reckoned with'
08 February 2017
Corporate director of North Yorkshire CC, Richard Webb, has described the council’s new trio of s...
FINANCE
Cross-sector calls to save 'breaking point' care budgets
By Sam Clayden | 13 October 2016
Cross-sector calls for the chancellor to rescue a crippled adult social care sector have emerged ...
FINANCE
Chiefs' fury at 'long overdue review' of DoLS
By Dan Peters | 02 June 2016
Adult social service directors have expressed their frustration at the speed of the Law Commissio...
SOCIAL CARE
Social services to be assessed for end of life care
By Jamie Hailstone | 09 May 2016
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) watchdog is to start assessing social service departments on th...
HEALTH
Whitehall calls for groups to join forces to cut red tape
By Jamie Hailstone | 04 March 2016
A Whitehall report has criticised local government groups for failing to work together on project...
HEALTH
Counties hit by 'double whammy,' CCN warns
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2016
County councils are facing a double whammy of the largest cuts to social care funding and the hig...
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