Social care needs fixing
Successive governments of every hue have failed to deal with social care. The elections hustings have done nothing to suggest any change.
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Social care – no action, no surprise
17 November 2023
There is disappointment, but no surprise in the government’s continuing failure to act on social care.
Social care - too costly not to act
Can Britain afford not to transform social care? It’s up to workers everywhere to demand change and not be fobbed off with more delay…
What's to be done about social care?
Health care dominates the discussion on the Health and Care Bill, understandably so in the face of a pandemic. But social care has almost always been an afterthought…
Social care – still at risk
28 November 2021
Social care is far from fixed. Sector trade union Unison reports dangerous staffing levels and many care workers thinking of leaving. The long delayed funding question needs urgent attention too.
Double funding for hospice care, says new report
16 March 2021
The government needs to almost double its funding for the hospice care sector by 2030, says a new report – or face the prospect of having to provide all end-of-life care itself through the NHS.
We need a discussion, not a postmortem
Covid-19 has revealed the evil effects of the criminal fragmentation of Britain’s health and social care. The so-called internal market has failed. Workers must ensure that we never again face such a calamity…
Child social care in the red
20 January 2019
New figures show that almost 9 in 10 English councils overspent on children’s social care in the last financial year, reflecting growing numbers of children being placed into the system.
Social care: the case for making it a priority
While Britain’s workers cherish their National Health Service, the locally delivered and essential social services that support NHS provision are in comparison rather unloved…
Major provider bailed out
The future of large swathes of home care provision for elderly and disabled people hung in the balance in December as major provider fought to stay solvent.
Shocking standards of social care exposed
26 November 2018
Three separate publications in November have highlighted the gowing crisis in social care.
Home care provision on the edge
22 November 2018
The future of large swathes of home care provision for elderly and disabled people hangs in the balance as a major provider seeks to stay solvent.
Adult social care hit as cuts bite
8 November 2018
Services such as meals on wheels are being hacked by relentlessly as government cuts bite.
Care home crunch
12 December 2017
Care provider Four Seasons is in talks with its creditors – another symptom of a widespread, deep-rooted crisis in social care.
New flats open on former social care site
14 December 2016
The site of a former home for vulnerable adults is now on the market having been redeveloped for private housing.
Mitie quits home care
Specialist outsourcing company Mitie has decided home care isn't profitable any more and is leaving the domestic home care market.
Social care: children's report hidden
Two years after it was published the government is still refusing to publish a report it commissioned into children’s social care services.
15-minute homecare visits still the norm
8 February 2016
Despite new guidelines, homecare visits are still too short for workers to complete their visit without compromising the quality of their service or the dignity of the person receiving the support.
Social care: a US fund is looking to profit from distress
13 January 2016
Between 2005 and 2015 the number of people aged over 65 increased by 18.8 per cent. In response, the government has cut the social care budget by an estimated £470 million.