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Councils: Delay social care reforms as sector faces ‘perfect storm’ in next year

County councils in England say long-awaited social care reforms should be delayed due to the sector facing a “perfect storm” of staffing and financial pressures. Reforms to protect against unsustainable care costs and make more people eligible for ...

06 Oct 2022 at 09:16

Scotland

National Care Service forum meeting for first time

People interested in community health and social care will help shape the “biggest shake-up of health services since the NHS” through a new forum, the social care minister has said. The first ever annual National Care Service Forum, taking place ...

03 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Stewart: Voices of lived experience ‘very important’ in setting up care service

The voices of lived experience are “very important” in the process of setting up a new National Care Service, a Scottish Government minister has said. Social care minister Kevin Stewart was at the first National Care Service Forum in Perth on ...

03 Oct 2022 at 13:29

Labour pledges to build National Care Service enforcing high standards in homes

Labour has pledged to recruit care workers by guaranteeing fair pay, workers’ rights and appropriate training under a National Care Service as it claimed “too many private equity firms are failing” in their duties to residents. The party ...

24 Sept 2022 at 08:00

Scotland

Fund social care rather than create National Care Service, MSPs told

The National Care Service should be scrapped and funding diverted into current social care services, MSPs have been told. The service is currently working its way through Holyrood, with the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill aiming ...

20 Sept 2022 at 19:16

‘Predatory’ firms fined over 750,000 marketing calls to elderly and vulnerable

Five “predatory” firms who targeted elderly and vulnerable people with more than 750,000 marketing calls have been fined £405,000. The companies targeted people signed up with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) – a register for ...

16 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Sturgeon gives full backing to NHS recovery plan despite ‘unsustainable’ claim

Nicola Sturgeon has said the Scottish Government will not re-visit a recovery plan for Scotland’s NHS despite a report claiming the service was “not financially sustainable”. Audit Scotland warned of an “ever-increasing backlog of ...

24 Feb 2022 at 14:25

Scotland

Auditor General: Scotland’s NHS is not financially sustainable and needs reform

Scotland’s National Health Service is under severe pressure, is “not financially sustainable” and needs reform, the Auditor General has said. A review of the NHS by Audit Scotland warned of an “ever-increasing backlog of patients ...

24 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Scottish Tories set out proposal for Local Care Service

The Scottish Conservatives have set out proposals for a Local Care Service, presenting it as an alternative to the Scottish Government’s planned National Care Service. It comes after the party’s health spokesman, Sandesh Gulhane,...

19 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Sturgeon warned of ‘serious risks’ without urgent action to improve social care

Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to take quick action to increase pay in the social care workforce, after a report said the system needs urgent improvements. During First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar ...

27 Jan 2022 at 14:55

Scotland

National Care Service consultation shows ‘hunger for change’, says minister

Responses to the Government’s proposals for a National Care Service show there is a “hunger for change” in the system, a minister has said. The Scottish Government has published responses to its consultation on the plans ...

01 Feb 2022 at 13:56

Scotland

Ministers promise standalone strategy to help unpaid carers

A new strategy to help Scotland’s unpaid carers deal with the “challenges” they face is to be published this spring. Social care minister Kevin Stewart announced the plan as he insisted there is a “real appetite for ...

10 Feb 2022 at 17:25

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