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14 Nov 2022
Bus and adult care services face cuts, English councils warn
Councils across England have warned that they are likely to start cutting everyday services from next year as their finances are squeezed, with some fearing they could be facing bankruptcy...
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10 Oct 2022
Councils call for delay to flagship social care reforms, warning services face a ‘perfect storm’ of financial and workforce pressures over the next 12 months
With a year to go until the introduction of flagship reforms in adult social care, England’s largest councils call for a delay – warning that the system is under so...
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20 Sep 2022
Rural Services Network responds to consultation on Adult Social Care Charging Reform
The Rural Services Network is the national champion for rural services and aims to give rural a strong voice. The RSN often responds to Government Consultation with a rural response. ...
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30 Aug 2022
Connected Care: How Mobile Connectivity Offers Huge Potential to Aid the Delivery of Social Care
Mobile UK, the voice of the UK’s main mobile network operators, has published a report entitled Connected Care: How mobile connectivity can help councils overcome the challenges of delivering adult...
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18 Jul 2022
Boom in elderly in rural areas ‘increasing pressure on social care services’
The Evening Standard reports analysis by the County Council Network (CCN) revealed that the number of over-65s living in county and rural areas has increased by a million over the...
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11 Jul 2022
Dartmoor charity stopping service due to carer shortage
The BBC report a Devon charity that provides care to people in their own homes is stopping its service because it cannot find enough carers North East Dartmoor Care (NEDCare), based...
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04 Jul 2022
Older Rural Residents grow in number
The first results are in from Census 2021 and they show a worrying trend for rural service providers Rural areas have always had a greater share of over 65 residents...
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27 Jun 2022
Not enough money for adult social care reforms, say 98 per cent of councils
Almost all councils (98 per cent) responding to a Local Government Association (LGA) survey on the Government’s adult social care reform agenda say they do not have confidence that the...
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30 May 2022
New analysis reveals the regional impact on local councils of the government’s flagship adult care reforms
A new report, launched on the 25th May, reveals the regional impact on local authorities as a result of the government’s flagship adult social care reforms, concluding that the costs...
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