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According to a new survey, The Local Government Association (LGA) estimates that councils in England face a £4bn funding gap over the next two years just to keep services standing still. Last month’s Autumn Statement failed to provide the additional funding needed to protect services from further cuts. This is... Read more

The Home Secretary, James Cleverley, announced new immigration measures yesterday, which included a ‘Five Point’ plan to cut migration to the UK. The social care sector has responded to what these changes will mean for the care sector. The Government said it will tighten the Health and Care visa, which... Read more

Today (4th December) Care England launches the first issue of its new publication, Savings, Solutions, and Sustainability. The publication is part of a new, exciting collaboration with Care Management Matters (CMM), which has been publishing in the social care sector for 20 years. Over 14,700 care providers in England will... Read more

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy's (CIPFA's) latest publication calls for a new approach to social care funding. It hopes that adequate funding can be provided in the short-term for services to recover and to deal with current challenges, and a commitment can be made to adequate long-term... Read more

The NHS is urging people eligible for COVID-19 and flu jabs to book an appointment and get protection as winter arrives. The NHS online booking system, NHS App and 119 phone service will be closed for flu and COVID-19 vaccine bookings from 15 December, making 14 December the last day... Read more

The 2022 LeDeR report, which seeks to investigate the avoidable deaths of people with a learning disability in England, has been published. The report, which is produced for NHS England, was led by researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, the University of... Read more

Local health and care systems lack a shared understanding of the causes of hospital discharge delays in their area and of the best ways of tackling them, says a report from The King’s Fund. The report, Hospital discharge funds: experiences of winter 2022-23, looked in-depth at six health and care... Read more

Health and social care leaders are hailing the launch of a programme to support nurses and their teams working in social care. The Foundation of Nursing Studies’ highly respected Resilience Based Clinical Supervision (RBCS) programme will benefit nurses across social care. Resilience-based Clinical Supervision (RBCS) is a form of clinical... Read more

The National Care Forum (NCF) - the leading association for not-for-profit social care announced the appointment of four new board members at its AGM yesterday. Professor Vic Rayner OBE, Chief Executive Officer, said, ‘We are very pleased to welcome Brian James, Chief Executive of Cedarmore Housing Association, Maria Mills, Chief... Read more