Problems affecting the social care sector are not related to European migration but rather reflect the lack of a sustainable funding model, an expert report commissioned by the government has...
The cost of the Scottish Government’s flagship free personal care policy has topped £500m for the first time, reflecting the trend towards looking after older people in their own homes.
Middle aged, older people and employers should pay into a dedicated social insurance fund that would cover free social care on a universal basis, MPs from across the political spectrum said today.
English councils are allocating larger proportions of their budget to adult social care while spending less on the area in real terms, according to two reports.
The British public have shown “overwhelming” support to increase annual spending on health and social care over the next 15 years, according to a poll released today.
Councils in England will receive an extra £150m for adult social care next year, Sajid Javid announced today as he confirmed the local government finance settlement for 2018-19.
Hidden hunger and malnutrition among older people has reached such a scale that social care providers should be put under a new duty to deal with it, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger has...
Demographic changes and public expectations of state support will put more of a strain on the public sector than leaving the EU, say experts. Vivienne Russell reports.
The UK’s rising social care costs could be met by raising national insurance contributions by 1%, which would yield £5bn a year, research has suggested.
Nearly nine in 10 councils in England could face a shortfall in care home places by 2022 unless urgent action is taken, according to research from Which?.
The number of specialist homes for older people will need to increase by 400,000 in less than 20 years, a Local Government Association study has suggested.
