#SocialCare

Today’s @skillsforcare workforce report shows the fragility of the #socialcare sector. Here’s a quick thread of 5 things in the report that ought to worry us…. https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/adult-social-care-workforce-data/Workforc

1. Let’s welcome the scale of today’s @commonshealth report on #socialcare. £7bn, a cap, free personal care, and workforce reform is a strong package. You might want to review the

Some interesting #socialcare polling from @EngageBritain. A few highlights on the theme of state/personal responsibility: 1) #Carers are more like to see caring for parents as a personal, rather than

The Neurological Alliance

Today’s #SpendingReview again lacked a long term plan for #socialcare reform and funding. The £1 billion of additional funding for social care next year is unlikely to meet future demand

Health and Social Care Committee

Lord Forsyth, Chair @LordsEconCom, is thanked by Health and Social Care Committee Chair @Jeremy_hunt for his evidence on #socialcare this morning. We will now hear from Sir Andrew Dilnot and

1. In all the talk about #testing no one has asked Govt. how they can test the whole #socialcare workforce weekly when testing capacity is 200k/day (or 1.4m/wk). About 1.2m

Schona Jolly QC

A really important thread, looking at the harsh, hidden realities for those living and working in #SocialCare during #covid19. The clearest demonstration of how #covid19 is entangling urgent questions of

Adam Purnell 🏳️‍🌈

@NHSuk staff just showed up at my care home already wearing gloves & apron @MattHancock He was shocked when I asked him to remove &wash his hands otherwise he wasn't

Jonathan Senker

Jonathan_Senker

Now is the time to deliver a new vision for #socialcare. It requires political will and sensible investment. This would be repaid at least 5 ways over... please read on.1/6

Today’s @NAOorguk report on the government’s handling of PPE during the #COVID19 pandemic highlights many shortcomings in providing timely and adequate access to essential supplies, especially in #socialcare.https://bit.ly/33gKuHp

Quite a string of defeats for @PritiPatel's #ImmigrationBill in the Lords today:1) Peers backed by 304 votes to 224 a Labour-led demand for an independent review of the impact of

Future Care Capital

If the National Data Guardian is to make further progress in ‘getting the basics right’ to improve outcomes for individuals, we @FCC_UK recommend her office devotes more time and energy

While Germany were making preparations for #Corona in January, #BrexitJohnson and the @Conservatives were minting ceremonial #Brexit #Coins, printing blue #passports and bonging #BigBen. #Deaths in UK are really a

This article describes how #covid19 has put the fragile #socialcare sector into an even more precarious placehttps://www.ft.com/content/410afc04-206b-46c7-90fe-764f2109e734 The reliance on the NHS and local authorities for fees has led to

#anxiety #mentalhealth #MentalHealthMatters Lyrics from Close to the Edge by YES: Close to the edge, down by a river, I get up, I get down.I've driven this quayside many times,

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@BBCWeekendGMS was talking this morning about how we pay for social care, and saying that, basically, income tax is the only way @scotgov can raise more money (before independence). I