Social care has failed to get a mention, in detail, in the recent run up to the election. This could be as a result of the impact such policies have had on campaigns in the past such as the ‘death tax’ and ‘dementia tax’ which proved to be damaging to respective campaigns run by Gordon …
Social care conspicuous by its absence in election debate thus far Read More »
The 2019 CQC State of Care Report was recently published on 15 October 2019. Overall CQC has concluded that the quality of care across the country is improving slightly but raised concerns about individuals continued difficulties in accessing the care and support they require. CQC’s analysis in relation to mental health and learning disability services …
The House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights published its second report earlier this month. The report is critical of the Care Quality Commission (“CQC”) and highly critical of the current state of health and social care services for children with learning difficulties and autism. The report proposes a number of recommendations to improve …
CQC criticised: “A regulator which gets it wrong is worse than no regulator at all” Read More »
The Queen stated in the Queen’s speech on 14 October 2019: “My Government will bring forward proposals to reform adult social care in England to ensure dignity in old age” . The Government has published a briefing pack alongside the speech and it speaks of steps already taken to increase funding to local authorities and …
Adult social care reform gets mention in Queen’s Speech Read More »
The Department of Health and Social Care have issued a consultation on learning disability and autism training for health and social care staff. The consultation has been created in order to ensure ‘staff working in health and social care have the right training to understand the needs of people with a learning disability and/or autism …
The government announced last week that the upper and lower capital limits, which determine who must pay the full cost of their care and how much others should pay from their assets, will remain at the same level in 2019-20 as they have done since 2010-11. Due to this, social care experts have warned that …
Frozen charging thresholds mean many people face paying for residential care Read More »
As part of the £20.5bn funding increase for the NHS, the government has pledged an extra £3.5bn a year in annual funding for primary and community care by 2023/24. The funding will be used to ensure that more patients are cared for at home and in the community, in tern reducing ‘needless’ hospital admissions. Statistics …
£3.5bn funding boost announced for primary and community care, Government announces Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As a leading health and social care legal practice we recommend the following five fundamental changes to the health and social care system in England. The sector is not lacking ideas and recommendations but these need to be considered urgently by Government and policy makers. Now is the time to re-appraise some basic …
CQC appointed its new Chief Executive to the Board, Ian Trenholm. He is due to take over the role in July 2018 when Sir David Behan leaves. Mr Trenholm started his career in the police service before moving on to roles including Chief Operating Officer at Defra and Chief Executive of the Royal Borough of …
Challenging CQC’s Evidence Base – as published in Caring Times Read More »
Following Jeremy Hunt’s promotion to the role of Foreign Secretary, Matt Hancock has been appointed as the new Health and Social Care Secretary. The reshuffle of the cabinet was essentially forced upon Theresa May after the resignation of Boris Johnson and David Davis, in opposition to the government’s new Brexit strategy. To celebrate his new …
Matt Hancock promoted to the Role of Health and Social Care Secretary Read More »
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