In 2023-24 Leicestershire County Council spent £238.5m on adult social care [BBC] People are waiting too long for adult social care assessments at Leicestershire County Council, an inspection by the ...
A national assessment system may address current social care inequalities and save money - the Casey Commission should consider it, writes Simon Bottery ...
Over 6,300 people in Scotland are now waiting for the assessment as the Scottish Conservatives say the increase is down to the SNP’s “appalling waste of money” on the National Care Service. A total of ...
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Nearly a quarter of a million people in England were waiting to have their care needs assessed by the end of summer, according to a report which warns of ongoing “significant budgetary challenges” ...
Reading Borough Council rated 'requires improvement' by CQC over adult social care provision, with concerns on support, delays, and ...
There are an estimated 132,800 children living in kinship care in England (Kinship and Centre for Care, 2025). In many such cases, family members step in to care for a child without the involvement of ...
Council bosses have welcomed a positive assessment of adult social care services which recognises its commitment to providing ...
A grandfather fell, wounded his head and was taken to hospital while waiting for a social care assessment to enable him to go into a care home, his family said. Douglas Barton has been the sole carer ...
Around 600 people every day are joining growing waiting lists to be assessed for social care and support in England, figures from councils suggest. Patients Waiting for Longer Than a Year for Social ...
People are waiting too long for adult social care assessments at Leicestershire County Council, an inspection by the health care watchdog has found. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the adult ...