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ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Reading refuses to send COVID-19 patients to care homes
By Martin Ford | 28 October 2020
Reading Council is to defy a Government order to provide care home places for Covid-19 positive p...
SOCIAL CARE
Advocacy services remain crucial despite COVID pressures
21 October 2020
Councils must ensure social care providers understand that the legal obligations to refer to advo...
SOCIAL CARE
Government prepares care homes for coronavirus surge
By Martin Ford | 18 September 2020
Councils will be asked to ‘take strong action’ against care homes that ignore new restrictions on...
SOCIAL CARE
A perfect storm for care homes
By Iain MacBeath | 14 September 2020
Councils must now strategically invest in services to help people stay in their own homes and neg...
FINANCE
Criticised council makes SEND investment
By Dan Peters | 02 September 2020
Bristol City Council has pledged to spend £29m on capital works to boost services for children wi...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Deficit puts councils on cliff edge
By Dan Peters | 23 July 2020
Many councils could be pushed over the ‘financial cliff edge’ if the £500m of high-needs deficit ...
WHITEHALL
MPs tell department to 'get a grip' on SEND
By Dan Peters | 05 May 2020
The Department for Education (DfE) does not have a grip on mounting pressure in the special educa...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Care home deaths 'an appalling loss of life'
By Heather Jameson | 05 May 2020
The latest statistics show there were 6,391 deaths in care homes between 10 April and 1 May.
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Seven councils freed from Care Act duties
By Dan Peters | 01 May 2020
Seven English councils have taken advantage of temporary changes that allow them to reduce their ...
OFSTED
'No quick fixes' after watchdog criticism
By Dan Peters | 21 April 2020
Bristol City Council admitted there were ‘no quick fixes’ as it published a written statement of ...
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