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Tag Archives: Adult Social Care Funding
Annual Care Quality Commission State of Care Report (BBC News / CQC / Healthwatch)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) recently released the annual State of Care review. It concludes that most care provided across England is of good quality and improving. Community care services need to be improved. Innovations in new approaches to care should be … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accelerating Innovation, Access to Health and Social Care Support, Access to Specialised Services (Including CAMHS and Secure Services), Accessible Information Standard, Accessible Information Standard (NHS England), Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Provision (CQC), Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care Vacancy Rates, Adult Social Care: Overall and Key Question Ratings, Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Connect Tool, Barriers to Innovation, BBC Health News, Bed Occupancy Rates, British Red Cross, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUHFT), CAMHS Services, Cancelled Elective Operations, Caremark: PatchCare® Model, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Choice Support, Co-op, Community Connectors, Community Hub Operating Centres (CHOCs), Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, CQC Challenge to Health and Adult Social Care System, CQC Inspection Questions (Safe Effective Caring Responsive Well-Led), CQC Inspections of GP Surgeries, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Dementia Connect Service, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Dimensions of Health and Well-being Tool, Dr Nick Scriven: Society of Acute Medicine, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Farnham Integrated Care Service, Frimley Health and Care, Funding and Commissioning Challenges, Geographical Variations, GP Practices: Overall and Key Question Ratings, Greater Manchester Health and Care Partnership, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, Healthwatch England, Healthwatch England's SpeakUp2020 Campaign, Ian Trenholm: Chief Executive of Care Quality Commission (CQC), Improvements Following Re-inspection, Improving Patient Safety, Innovation, Innovation and Improvement, Innovation and Technology, Integration and Innovation (Proposed), Intensive Home Support Service (IHSS), Joined-Up Care, Joint Commissioning, Leadership, Learning Disability and Autism, Learning Disability Hospitals, Learning Disability Services, Local Community Assets, Local System Reviews, Medvivo, Mental Health Beds: Local Availability, Mental Health Services, Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust, Multispecialty Community Providers (MCPs) - Vanguard Site: Encompass, NHS Acute Hospitals: Overall Core Service and Key Question Ratings, NHS Mental Health Trusts in England, NHS Mental Health Trusts: Overall Core Service and Key Question Ratings, Partnership Working, Patient Safety, Patients Waiting More Than Four Hours For Hospital Beds (Trolley Waits), Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), Primary Medical Services, Quality and Sustainability, Quality Improvement, Royal Stoke Hospital, Safe (CQC Inspection Question), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, Social Care Practitioner (SCP) in Emergency Department (St Mary’s Hospital / Isle of Wight Council), Social Care Workforce, SpeakUp2020 Campaign (Healthwatch England), Staff Shortages, Staffing, State of Care 2018/19 (CQC), State of Care 2018/19 Report, State of Care 2018/9. Care Quality Commission (CQC): 2019, State of Care in England 2018/19, State of Care Report, Stoke-on-Trent, Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership, Sustainability, Unacceptable Variations, Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC), Variations in Quality of Care, Well-Led (CQC Inspection Question), Well-Led Indicators (CQC), Whitstable Medical Practice - Encompass (MCP Vanguard), Workforce Challenges, Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES)
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The Care Desert Phenomenon (BBC News / Incisive Health / Age UK)
Summary An exploration of the reported “care deserts” concept. An Incisive Health report, commissioned by Age UK, points to areas of the UK where older people are unable to access residential care and / or home care, regardless of their … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Social Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, BBC Health News, Biennial Survey of Carers, Care Deserts, Care Funding, Care Home BEDS, Care Home Beds With Nursing, Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Continuing Healthcare, Cost Pressures on Social Care Providers, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Demographics, Domiciliary Care, Domiciliary Care Agencies, Domiciliary Care Providers, Domiciliary Care Workforce, Dysfunctional Market in Adult Social Care Provision, Dysfunctional Patient Flow, Elderly People With Complex Health and Social Care Needs, Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, Guildford, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, High Dependency, Home Care, Home Care Needs of Older Population in England, Home Care Sector, Hull, Incisive Health, Incisive Health on Care Deserts, Inequalities in Access to Care, Inequalities in Access to Care: Impact on Informal Carers, Informal Caregiving, Informal Carers, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Late-Life, Leicester, Local Government Association: LGA, NHS Continuing Healthcare, NHS Outcomes (From Care Deserts), Norfolk, Paying for Care Home and Domiciliary Care, Proportion of Self-Funders in Residential Care, Residential Care, Social Care Outcomes, Social Care Services, Social Care Workforce, Social Care Workforce Crisis, Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Local Funding, Totnes, Unacceptable Variations, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Unwarranted Variations, Variation in Performance, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Service, Variations in Spending, Vulnerable Older People, Whole System Patient Flows, Workforce Capacity, Workforce Issues, Workforce Shortages in Adult Social Care, Workforce Shortages in Home Care
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Home Care in England: a King’s Fund Review (King’s Fund)
Summary A King’s Fund report investigates problems in the commissioning of adult social care with a focus on home care. Issues under consideration include: Recruitment and retention of home care staff. Reductions in fees paid for council commissioned home care. … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
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More on Integrated Care: Government Response to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee’s Report (House of Commons / DHSC / King’s Fund / Duke University)
Summary In June 2018, the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee published the “Integrated care: organisations, partnerships and systems” report, which included 42 conclusions and recommendations. Full Text Link Reference Integrated care: organisations, partnerships and systems. Seventh Report … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Health Foundation, Integrated Care, International, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
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Much Wants More: Reflex or Reason? (BBC News)
Summary This week’s Budget announced a further £2.8 billion of funding over the next three years for the NHS, comprising: An additional £350 million this year, up-front, to cover anticipated Winter pressures. An additional £1.6 billion for 2018-19. An additional … Continue reading →
Posted in NHS England, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Acute Hospitals, Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Acute Medical Care of Elderly People, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Sector, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Agency Staff, Agency Staff (Exorbitant Waste of NHS Funding), Autumn Budget (2017), Autumn Budget: Joint Statement on Health and Social Care (2017), £2 Billion Gap in Social Care Funding, Bank And Agency Staff, BBC Data Team, BBC Health News, BBC's NHS Winter Project, Brexit Dividend of £350 Million a Week Extra for NHS (Democratic Deficit Allegation), Chair of the NHS Commissioning Board: Sir Malcolm Grant, Chris Hopson: Chief Executive of NHS Providers, Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Concordia Health, Debranding, Dr Mark Vanderpump: Former President of British Thyroid Association, Entitlement Culture (Institutional), Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, General Medical Council (GMC), Generic Drug Manufacturers and Wholesalers, Generic Prescribing, Good Work-Life Balance, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Social Care Services, Health Spending in England, Integrating Health and Social Care, Jim Mackey: Chief Executive of NHS Improvement, Jon Ashworth (Labour), Liothyronine, Low-Value Care, Low-Value Medicines, Mythology of the Times, NHS Capital Funding Limiting Opportunities to Modernise Services (Allegation), NHS Capital Funding: Impact on Patient Safety (Allegation), NHS Confederation: NHS on the Brink (2017 Allegation), NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS Expenditure, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Funding, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Funding Projections Versus Historic 4% Growth, NHS Spending, NHS Sustainability, NHS Tracker Service (BBC's NHS Winter Project), NHS Winter Crisis, NHS Winter Project (BBC News NHS Tracker Service), NHS Winter Project (BBC News), November Budget (2017), Over-the-Counter Medicines, Over-the-Counter Pharmaceuticals, Philip Hammond, Pooled Health and Social Care Budgets, Quality and Sustainability, Quality of Health Care, Quality Standards, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England, Sir Malcolm Grant: Chair of NHS England, Staff Shortages, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Targeting Low-Value Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Transformation Funding, Turning the Ship Around (Avoidance of NHS Unsustainability), Two Difficult Years for NHS Funding Ahead, Unmet Care Needs, Unmet Health and Care Needs, Unmet Needs, Unmet Needs of Community-Dwelling Older Persons, Unmet Social Care Needs of Older People Living in Their Own Homes, Upward Spending Pressures, Waiting Time Standards, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressure Funding, Winter Pressures, Workforce Issues, Workforce Issues (Feeling Undervalued), Workforce Issues (Work-Life Balance)
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Seventy Thousand Extra Care Home Places Required in England by 2025? (BBC News / Lancet)
Summary Researchers at Newcastle University have confirmed the general view that people are living longer, but that the later years of life often require high levels care (whether in people’s own homes or in residential care). They estimate that there … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Funding (England), Adult Social Care in England, Ageing Population, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours, BBC Radio Four, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Causes and Prevention of Frailty, Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Collaboration, Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies Collaboration, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Demographic Change, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Time-Bomb, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: University of Cambridge, Dependency Levels, Disability and Home Care in England’s Older Population, Domiciliary Care, Economic Sustainability, Epidemiology and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine: Newcastle University, Financial Constraints, Financial Eligibility, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Frail Older People, Funding of Care and Support (Dilnot Commission), Further Care Home Places Required in England by 2025 (Projection), Further Social Care Requirements in England by 2025 (Projection), Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, Home and Community Care Services, Home Care, Home Care Services, Hull-York Medical School: University of Hull, Improving Long-Term Care and Support, Institute of Health and Society: Newcastle University, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Lancet, Late-Life Dependency, London School of Economics and Political Science, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Care and Support, Medical Research Council's Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Project, MRC Biostatistics Unit: University of Cambridge, MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS), Newcastle University, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, People Living With Frailty, Personal Social Services Research Unit: London School of Economics and Political Science, Prevention, Quality and Sustainability, Social Care, Social Care Expenditure, Social Care Funding, Social Care Funding Gap, Social Care Funding Shortfalls, Social Demographics, Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Transforming Care for Frail Older People, UK Demographics, University of Cambridge, University of Hull, What’s Wrong With Social Care in England, You and Yours (BBC Radio 4)
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Unmet Social Care Needs of Older People Living in Their Own Homes (Ipsos MORI / NIHR / Age UK / NatCen Social Research / Independent Age)
Summary Ipsos MORI, in association with the NIHR School for Social Care Research, Age UK, NatCen Social Research and Independent Age, have produced a report exploring the nature and extent of “unmet needs” for social care among older persons living … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK NSC, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Funding (England), Adult Social Care in England, Advice and Information, Affordability of Care and Support, Ageing Population, Aids and Adaptations, Allison Dunatchik: NatCen Social Research, Assessments and Eligibility, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Barriers and Facilitators in Lifestyle Change, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Support, Barriers: Access to Funding, Barriers: Inconsistency in Care Standards, Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, Care Act 2014, Care Funding, Caroline Abrahams: Director of Age UK, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Disability and Home Care in England’s Older Population, Domiciliary Care, Dr Margaret Blake: Research Director at Ipsos MORI, Eligibility, Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, Eligibility for Care, ELSA, ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, English Local Authorities, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Failing Safety Net (Age UK), Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) Eligibility Criteria, Financial Constraints, Financial Eligibility, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Health Survey for England, Health Survey for England (HSE), Help for Elderly Living at Home, Hidden Unmet Needs, Home Adaptations, Home Care, Home Care Funding and Costs, Home Care Organisations, Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care: Commissioning, Housing Adaptations, Impact(s) of Unmet Needs, In-Depth Interviews With Older People, Independence, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence at Home, Independence of Older Adults, Independent Age, Independent Living At Home, Individual Care Plans (Complex Needs), Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Integrated Commissioning, Ipsos Mori, Ipsos Public Affairs, Janet Morrison (Chief Executive of Independent Age), Lack of Bespoke Information and Advice, LGA: Local Government Association, Living Alone, Local Authorities, Local Authority Contribution to Care Costs or Adaptations, Local Care Providers, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Service Providers, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Loss of Confidence, Loss of Mobility, Loss of Purpose, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Mobility Problems, NatCen Social Research, NatCen Social Research (NatCen), NatCen Social Research: University College London, National Minimum Eligibility Threshold for Adult Care and Support, Nature and Prevalence of Unmet Need for Social Care, NIHR School for Social Care Research, NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR), Older People With Complex Needs, Patterns of Experience and Factors Contributing to People Developing Care Needs, Personal Well-Being, Predictors of Unmet Need, Preventative Care, Preventative Interventions, Preventative Services, Prevention, Public Transport, Publicly Funded Support, Purpose in Life, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Secondary Analysis of English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) Data, Quantitative Secondary Analysis of Health Survey for England (HSE) Data, Reduced Mobility, Reluctance to Admit Unmet Needs, Resilience, Social Care Funding, Social Care Funding Gap, Social Care Providers, Social Contacts, Social Isolation, Specialist Welfare Advice, Support for People with Complex Needs, Supporting Wellbeing Resilience and Independence, Transport and Mobility, Unmet Needs, Unmet Needs and Well-Being, Unmet Needs of Community-Dwelling Older Persons, Unmet Social Care Needs of Older People Living in Their Own Homes, Well-Being, Willingness to Pay for Care and Support
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Residential Care: Exploring the Options, the Costs and the Alternatives (BBC News / Good Care Group)
Summary Following a recent review of Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections, which revealed that perhaps one in four care homes may to be failing in terms of safety and the adequacy of care provided, a BBC News item provides a … Continue reading →
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Unresolved Issues of Means-Testing in the Payment For Social Care: a Recent History of the Dementia Tax (House of Commons Library)
Summary A recent House of Commons Library briefing paper presents an overview of policy proposals and actual policies, from different Governments since 1997, concerning for how individuals with assets must pay for social care. Unlike health services provided by the NHS, social … Continue reading →
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Various Issues in Self-Funders’ Payment For Care (BBC News)
Summary Potential gaps in consumer protection in the care home sector have been exposed recently. Full Text Link Reference Peachey, K. (2017). Worries over care home fees and funding. London: BBC Business News / BBC Health News, June 14th 2017. … Continue reading →
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