First workforce pathway for care staff
The Government has announced a new ‘care workforce pathway’, providing the first national career structure for adult social care staff.
Adult social care
CQC assurance begins
For a number of councils, the taking down this month of office Christmas decorations may well be swiftly followed by the putting up of flipcharts, timelines and checklists on office walls.
‘New burdens’ funding needed for social care assurance
New social care assessments are time and energy-intensive and have created additional workload for councils, which needs to be funded, the LGA has said.
‘Good’ ratings in pilot CQC assessments
Four of the five local authorities helping pilot new adult social care assessments have been given ‘good’ indicative ratings by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Social care: workforce challenges remain
Around 390,000 adult social care staff left their jobs last year – with about a third of them leaving the sector altogether, according to the strategic workforce development and planning body in England.
‘Scrap single-word ratings for adult social care’
Plans to introduce ‘single word’ inspection ratings for adult social care services should be dropped, as they set local councils up “to fail”.
Next steps on social care support are ‘disappointing’
The Government has set out a two-year plan for reform of the adult social care system in ‘Next steps to put people at the heart of care’.
Next steps on social care reform
A major reset is needed to prioritise prevention and early intervention.
‘Crisis’ in preventative care for older people
The crisis in the NHS is “largely a crisis in older people’s preventative care”, according to a report from the charity Age UK.
Government ‘must engage with councils’ on care
Small allocations of funding and placing blame on social care are not the solution to tackling delays in discharging patients from hospitals, according to local government leaders.