Government pledges ’emergency’ £240 million to NHS for winter social care
The extra funding is aimed at reducing delayed transfers of care and will be allocated to councils based on the adult social care relative needs formula. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the plans at the Conservative Party conference in a bid to stave off a repeat of last year’s winter health crisis. Specifically, the government […]
Funding made available for digital tech in healthcare
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £9 million to develop more effective and efficient treatments through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Announcing the funding, the Government said that advancing new and novel digital technologies could significantly improve outcomes for patients, and provide cost benefits for healthcare providers. The digital health technology […]
UK Government commits £2bn to social housing – But is it enough?
Prime Minister Theresa May has committed £2bn to fund social housing in the UK, but opinion is divided as to whether the initiative represents a big enough commitment. In a speech at the National Housing Federation conference, the Prime Minister revealed that the spending would be spread over a 10 year period to give housing […]
Care England: ‘Government must stem the financial crisis in adult social care’
Care England has responded to the latest report from the Committees and Local Government (CLG) Select Committee on adult social care. Chief Executive of Care England, Professor Martin Green OBE, was summoned by the committee to give oral evidence as part of the four month inquiry, with the CLG recommending that the Government urgently review […]
CLG: Government must ‘urgently review’ social care funding
A four-month long inquiry into adult social care by the House of Commons Communities and Local Government (CLG) Select Committee has revealed that 48% of care staff leave their jobs within a year of starting. The report also revealed that the social care sector replaced 36% of its nurses each year. The committee has urged […]
Staffing reductions placing quality of care at risk, NHS workers reveal…
A new poll published by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has discovered seven in 10 (69 per cent) NHS workers believe staffing and resource reductions are placing clinical standards and quality of patient care at risk. In conjunction with YouGov, the poll of 500 workers – part of a joint report ‘NHS: Warnings from All […]
