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DWP suggests extra homelessness funding

13-Jun-2013
We must not suffer falls gladly

13 June 2013
Early intervention must be a priority

11-Jun-2013
Joint health pioneer pulls social workers back

6-Jun-2013
One profession, two new chiefs

6 June 2013
A long list of costs and casualties

4-Jun-2013
Derbyshire names interim chief

29-May-2013
Care challenges defy boundaries

16 May 2013
Scrutiny committees identify £1.6m savings

15-May-2013
Adult social care and children’s services – what next?

25 April 2013
Inside Out - The law of unintended consequences

25 April 2013
Purple is the colour of empowerment

24-Apr-2013
It's time to recognise the impact of benefit changes

18 April 2013
We need to build design capacity

18 April 2013
Sandie Keene takes the helm at ADASS

16-Apr-2013
Boards are briefed but the task is tough

11 April 2013
Updated: Lancashire to re-think public health role

8-Apr-2013
Truly 'dramatic' housing interventions

28 March 2013
Rethink the voluntary care sector

21 March 2013
The case for a national care service

21 March 2013
Dilnot is a building block, let’s move on

7 March 2013
Shaping our cities for an ageing population

6-Mar-2013
Care quality assessment under review

21 February 2013
Welfare reforms face tough questions

21 February 2013
Isolation leading to a greater burden on council resources

12-Feb-2013
Care vision thwarted by blame culture

7 February 2013
Dilnot or not – we need better funding

24 January 2013
Triple challenge to drive care strategy

10 January 2013
The NHS can't do it alone

20-Dec-2012
Heseltine report a timely springboard

6 December 2012
Where there’s a will … there’s reform

22 November 2012
Doom graphs branded 'pessimistic' by DCLG

19-Nov-2012
Care reform must be a postbag issue

8 November 2012
'Helicopter views' to combat local silos

25 October 2012
There’s no single integration blueprint

4 October 2012
Lessons to learn from Winterbourne

27 September 2012
Collaboration raises capacity query

13 September 2012
Massive savings on offer in adult care

23-Aug-2012
System shuffle requires fast footwork

23 August 2012
Winterbourne View: Council failings outlined

8-Aug-2012
Districts flag demographic pressures

2-Aug-2012
Support carers to stay in employment

26 July 2012
Two decades lost waiting for Dilnot

12 July 2012
A new social contract for the 21st century

5 July 2012
Dementia care needs collective action

28 June 2012
What welfare reforms mean to the Sandwell community

21-Jun-2012
Australia takes brave lead on adult care

14 June 2012
Councils 'could help' with private rent surge

13-Jun-2012
Services must come before structures

24 May 2012
Independent arbiters can help councils negotiate the 'fair' cost of care

17 May 2012
Partnerships key to wider care offer

10 May 2012
Showing leadership on social care

10 May 2012
Health figures react to care bill delay fears

3-May-2012
DWP was 'too mechanistic', says minister

27-Apr-2012
Care reform demands new dialogue

19 April 2012
Pickup vows to fight for reform

11-Apr-2012
Councils told to test ‘twin hatter’ plans

4-Apr-2012
Care challenges demand joint demand

29 March 2012
Early intervention is essential to protect a struggling care system

29 March 2012
Call for certainty in care costs

19-Mar-2012
A new foundation for care reform

15 March 2012
Call for care reform urgency

7-Mar-2012
Treating older people as individuals is key

6-Mar-2012
Dilnot catalyst for radical reform

1 March 2012
Role for councils in older people’s dignity drive

29-Feb-2012
Directors reject care fees claims

28-Feb-2012
Council seeks public inquiry into adult services abuses

27-Feb-2012
Councils to pilot universal credit

23 February 2012
Troubled families coordinators wanted 'as soon as possible'

20-Feb-2012
Labour ousted at scandal-hit council

14-Feb-2012
Council loses case over tighter care rules

6-Feb-2012
Age UK warns of £500m social care funding gap

30-Jan-2012
LGA called in after care scandal

27-Jan-2012
Social care savings lag as health gives too little support

24-Jan-2012
Reporting hate crime in Sunderland

17-Jan-2012
'Billions of savings' through behaviour change

12-Jan-2012
Social care survey tracks satisfaction levels

15 December 2011
Eligibility criteria ‘need tightening’

8 December 2011
Fears grow of effect of funding cuts on health and wellbeing role

8 December 2011
Cost of implementing social care reform will vary hugely, Dilnot warns

7-Dec-2011
MPs concerned over social care market

6-Dec-2011
Patchy care integration 'costs £132m a year'

1-Dec-2011
Dilnot peer hints at cap flexibility

1 December 2011
Agency fears councils will slash addiction support

29-Nov-2011
Report flags concerns over Four Seasons Healthcare

25-Nov-2011
DH spells out new GP consortia rules

25-Nov-2011
NHS to focus on older people's care

24-Nov-2011
Public health concordat fails to answer questions

23-Nov-2011
Personalisation agenda 'could break the bank'

17-Nov-2011
Provider fees and eligibility criteria reviewed in wake of legal threats

17 November 2011
Care survey underscores UK ‘postcode lottery’

10-Nov-2011
Match-funding for social care

10 November 2011
Review flags fears over mobility payments

3-Nov-2011
MPs fear for public health reforms

2-Nov-2011
Southern Cross homes transfer not complete

2-Nov-2011
Lansley claims Dilnot's adult care funding reforms are 'regressive'

27 October 2011
Lansley hails Southern Cross response

27 October 2011
Councils sign up to public health pact

21-Oct-2011
Care funding 'only part of reform' says Burstow

21-Oct-2011
Council abandons rationing plans

20 October 2011
Date for health finance discussions 'not agreed yet'

20 October 2011
Southern Cross collapse 'councils' fault'

20 October 2011
Thinktank issues personalisation warning

19-Oct-2011
Sector agress Health and Wellbeing Board plan

18-Oct-2011
'Tri-borough' councils go external for adult care director

14-Oct-2011
Brent wins libraries judicial review

13-Oct-2011
Birmingham launches social work academy

10-Oct-2011
Public health potential still shines bright

6-Oct-2011
Chiefs 'rebel' against health cash sign-off

6 October 2011
Tri-borough partners detail £1m shared management savings

4-Oct-2011
Dilnot's 'care cap' proposal may prove too expensive for Osborne

29 September 2011
Southern Cross announces transfer plan

28-Sep-2011
Charity warns of learning disability housing crisis

27-Sep-2011
Councils 'not ready' to take on health role

22 September 2011
ADASS names new vice president

21-Sep-2011
'Plenty of time' to get Health and Wellbeing boards right

20-Sep-2011
NAO spotlights personal budget shortcomings

15-Sep-2011
Sector moves for more influence

15 September 2011
Director suspended at Leicester City Council

14-Sep-2011
Disabled care report highlights 'coping' councils

12-Sep-2011
Private-sector weight programmes outperform NHS

8-Sep-2011
Coping with short-notice care home closures

8 September 2011
Extra £17m cost for Birmingham social care

8 September 2011
Thinktank calls for hospital closures to be 'de-politicised'

6-Sep-2011
Lib Dems to renew battle over NHS reforms

5-Sep-2011
Questions remain over Southern Cross landlords

31-Aug-2011
Report questions Dilnot benefits

8-Aug-2011
Southern Cross boss could get '£500,000 payoff'

8-Aug-2011
NHS lags behind in social enterprise drive

4-Aug-2011
Directors of public health ‘may need to take on additional portfolios’

4 August 2011
DH to reveal Local HealthWatch 'pathfinder' councils

3-Aug-2011
Report exposes dips in health inequalities funding for deprived areas

1-Aug-2011
CQC expands Castlebeck concerns

28-Jul-2011
Kent finds permanent social services director

27-Jul-2011
Surrey to share dementia-services tool

26-Jul-2011
Cornwall kicks off integrated health scheme

22-Jul-2011
Social care white paper 'published in April'

22-Jul-2011
Southern Cross 'needs local input'

21 July 2011
Local government co-founds new care commission

20-Jul-2011
250 Southern Cross homes to be rescued

19-Jul-2011
Lords report slaps down 'nudge' techniques

19-Jul-2011
Panorama home staff ‘failed to alert safeguarding board to complaints’

18-Jul-2011
Southern Cross break-up confirmed

11-Jul-2011
Warner: DH resisting Dilnot reforms

8-Jul-2011
Dunkley tells DCSs to stand their ground

8-Jul-2011
Warning over social care integration 'barriers'

8-Jul-2011
Dispatches from the long grass

7-Jul-2011
Councils fear footing bill for Dilnot care reforms

7 July 2011
Supreme Court backs council in landmark care case

6-Jul-2011
Shapps earmarks £20m for homeless programme

6-Jul-2011
Public health 'update' paper expected next week

6-Jul-2011
NHS bosses predict council cuts backlash

6-Jul-2011
Lansley proposes 'further consultation' on Dilnot

5-Jul-2011
Watchdogs warn council over care failings

5-Jul-2011
Dilnot confirms £35,000 care-cap proposals

4-Jul-2011
Ministers under fire over benefit cap

4-Jul-2011
Public health expertise 'already being lost'

30-Jun-2011
Elderly care spending cut 8%

30 June 2011
Rumoured care-cost cap may spell changes in means-testing level

30 June 2011
Fears over public health independence 'wrong'

29-Jun-2011
Calls for extra care cash 'should be resisted'

29-Jun-2011
LGA calls on members to demand social care action

28-Jun-2011
Better off 'face £35,000 elderly care bill'

27-Jun-2011
Survey highlights care cutbacks

27-Jun-2011
Birmingham social care delays to cost millions

23-Jun-2011
MPs hear call to double public health spend

22-Jun-2011
DH outlines Winterbourne View inquiry

21-Jun-2011
Cameron to continue reform agenda

20-Jun-2011
Home care for elderly condemned

20-Jun-2011
Council workers altered care papers

20-Jun-2011
Southern Cross solution 'due in months'

16-Jun-2011
NHS changes could spell new comms burdens

16-Jun-2011
Southern Cross set for landlords deal

15-Jun-2011
Cameron accepts NHS reform proposals

15-Jun-2011
Lifeline thrown for Southern Cross

14-Jun-2011
Future Forum calls for co-terminous services

14-Jun-2011
Health and Wellbeing Boards 'won’t get veto powers’

13-Jun-2011
Southern Cross landlords 'could take back homes'

13-Jun-2011
Northgate wins Blue Badge contract

13-Jun-2011
Homeless help requests up by 15%

10-Jun-2011
Public-health ringfence argument 'is over'

9-Jun-2011
Council refuses to explain delays in investigating care home abuse

9 June 2011
Fears over clustering of crisis care firm homes

9 June 2011
Health and social care award - Hertfordshire CC

9 June 2011
Innovative care service launched

9 June 2011
Union report claims Southern Cross crisis is ‘not a one-off'

8-Jun-2011
Labour pledges support for cross-party care talks

7-Jun-2011
Ministers 'preparing for £50k care cap'

6-Jun-2011
Wealthy tenants face council review

6-Jun-2011
Legal protection for adults in care

6-Jun-2011
GMB calls for minister for Southern Cross

6-Jun-2011
Audit Commission issues social care warning

3-Jun-2011
Jobless household figures soar

3-Jun-2011
Government pledges to support Southern Cross

2-Jun-2011
Debate over care ruling

2 June 2011
Random inspections to follow care abuse exposure

1-Jun-2011
Southern Cross begins rent deferral

1-Jun-2011
Warning over future of care for elderly

1-Jun-2011
Campaigners condemn welfare reforms

1-Jun-2011
Analysts issue learning-disabilities warning

31-May-2011
Tributes as county’s executive director dies

31-May-2011
Councils pledge to help Southern Cross

31-May-2011
LGA demands greater health powers

27-May-2011
Most councils meet personal budgets target

25-May-2011
Judge to rule in autistic son case

24-May-2011
Cost warning over elderly care

23-May-2011
Councils urged to improve water safety

23-May-2011
Co-op launches public sector advice venture

17-May-2011
NHS 'pause' prompts public health fears

12 May 2011
Law Commission delivers social care review

11-May-2011
Care Quality Commission launches pursuit of ‘excellence'

10-May-2011
University towns 'facing tough times'

5-May-2011
Care ruling wait for Birmingham

5 May 2011
Localism 'risks disengaging urban elderly'

4-May-2011
Suffolk plans care home sell-off

May 2011 - online articles
DWP: Three-quarters of sickness benefit claims fail

28-Apr-2011
Grayling criticised over welfare-to-work contracts

27-Apr-2011
MPs call for beefed-up health and wellbeing boards

27-Apr-2011
Chief warns of threats to health integration

26-Apr-2011
Birmingham loses care cuts judicial review

21-Apr-2011
Norfolk drops out of care pilot

21 April 2011
Unison: Personalisation agenda is a Trojan horse for cuts

20-Apr-2011
Which? uncovers care home shortcomings

19-Apr-2011
Leeds Partnerships seeks social care integration

18-Apr-2011
Adult social services face cuts of up to £300m

18-Apr-2011
Dilnot submissions question councils' funding role

15-Apr-2011
Where next for local government and the NHS?

14-Apr-2011
Southern holds talks with landlords

14-Apr-2011
Warning over GP consortia offer

14 April 2011
Travellers face holiday crackdown

13-Apr-2011
Burstow unveils six new social work practice pilots

13-Apr-2011
Elderly 'fear ageism more than crime'

8-Apr-2011
Care-service whistleblowers face barriers at work

6-Apr-2011
MPs call for health and wellbeing boards to be ditched

5-Apr-2011
Work Programme contracts announced

1-Apr-2011
Most councils to cut Sure Start and libraries spending

31-Mar-2011
Councils could face beefed-up safeguarding laws

31-Mar-2011
Fears GP consortia could 'disregard' wellbeing boards

31 March 2011
Advocacy groups need help for HealthWatch role

30-Mar-2011
Southern Cross boss insists lease issues can be fixed

30-Mar-2011
Letter calls for protected services

29-Mar-2011
CQC praises council care services

29-Mar-2011
Shoesmith begins appeal over Baby Peter

28-Mar-2011
Judge backs Nottingham cuts decision

25-Mar-2011
Westminster drops soup run ban, MPs told

25-Mar-2011
Early roll-out for homelessness plan

24 March 2011
Making the grade on service delivery

24 March 2011
Southern Cross crisis highlights lack of contingency planning

24 March 2011
Protests against council's homeless sanctions

21-Mar-2011
New council homes for former soldiers

18-Mar-2011
'NHS faces £1bn social care funding gap'

17-Mar-2011
Birmingham to limit adult care

17 March 2011
Council benefit control 'sparks cabinet row'

16-Mar-2011
Labour areas' dole-job ratio higher

16-Mar-2011
Basildon votes to evict travellers

15-Mar-2011
Benefit cap 'to hit ethnic groups'

15-Mar-2011
Annuities ‘a drop in the ocean’ for care debate

11-Mar-2011
Costs of benefits errors revealed

10-Mar-2011
Benefit reforms 'will hit cancer patients'

9-Mar-2011
Campaigners welcome council support ruling

4-Mar-2011
Adult Services - 3 March 2011

3 March 2011
Care home residents who run out of cash cost £1bn

3 March 2011
Making efficiencies through personalisation

3 March 2011
CQC to set up voluntary 'excellence' awards scheme

1-Mar-2011
Miliband warns of squeeze on middle

28-Feb-2011
Better data sharing 'could boost social-care prevention'

24-Feb-2011
Care home beds at risk from cuts

24 February 2011
NHS joint working warning

24 February 2011
Labour 'let three million migrants into UK'

22-Feb-2011
Ministers warned PCT clustering 'will damage innovators'

21-Feb-2011
Cameron vows to tackle benefit culture

18-Feb-2011
MP says council hit by Ghurka arrivals

15-Feb-2011
MPs told councils 'appreciate' public health ring-fence

15-Feb-2011
Kent's adult social services boss to quit

15-Feb-2011
DPHs raise issue of accountability

10 February 2011
LGA consolidates efficiency programme

10 February 2011
Judge rejects Cala Homes legal bid

9-Feb-2011
Care home group 'hit by spending cuts'

9-Feb-2011
Burstow launches drive to find 'hidden' carers

8-Feb-2011
Social care reform requires 'staged approach'

4-Feb-2011
Posts combined as second-tier roles go

3 February 2011
Bill sets out authorities’ public health role

27 January 2011
Councils' response to health reform 'patchy'

27 January 2011
Fontline views: Health and Social Care Bill

27 January 2011
LGA demands clarity over health remit

27 January 2011
New dawn or false hope?

27 January 2011
Transparency, inclusiveness and accountability must inderpin health reforms

27 January 2011
Call to review adult services processes

26-Jan-2011
Dementia patients 'need more support at home'

25-Jan-2011
Housing benefit cut impact to be reviewed

25-Jan-2011
Directors’ groups dismiss second social work college bid

25-Jan-2011
Long-term care cost variations revealed

21-Jan-2011
DWP criticised over benefit errors

21-Jan-2011
Shapps floats house hunter tenant relocation plan

21-Jan-2011
15 adult service pilots likely

20 January 2011
Ministers offer health board flexibility

19-Jan-2011
Reports warn of 'self-funder' challenges

18-Jan-2011
MPs express fears over scale of NHS reform

18-Jan-2011
Councils can expect guide public health budgets later this year

17-Jan-2011
Disabled 'hit by spending cuts'

13-Jan-2011
A minefield of cuts and consequences

13 January 2011
CQC flags up concerns over stroke care

12-Jan-2011
Report details Birmingham bed-blocking issues

11-Jan-2011
Sharing best practice is the way ahead

6 January 2011
Doctors blame councils for 'bed-blocking'

5-Jan-2011
Lansley pledges extra social care cash

4-Jan-2011
Dementia care costs inquiry launched

4-Jan-2011
Welfare bill to be £1.4bn above predicted level

4-Jan-2011
Productivity programme already faces shake-up

16 December 2010
We are blazing a trail for disabled people

13-Dec-2010
Coalition, councils, cuts and corporate accountability

10-Dec-2010
Are we bringing it all back home?

9 December 2010
Fears over health information gap

9 December 2010
PCTs ‘will use reablement funding for other purposes’

9 December 2010
The health details begin to emerge

9 December 2010
There's nothing localist about these powers

9 December 2010
Welcoming the health challenge

9 December 2010
Southern Cross announces £44m operating loss

7-Dec-2010
Dilnot sets out pillars for care reform

2-Dec-2010
Funding for social practice pilots

2 December 2010
Cash fears cloud public health reaction

1-Dec-2010
Public health white paper ducks funding issue

30-Nov-2010
Social workers offered redundancy

30-Nov-2010
Anger over Pickles' social-care comments

29-Nov-2010
Southern Cross sale falls through

26-Nov-2010
Care ratings show continued improvement

25-Nov-2010
Scheme to bring empty homes into use launched

22-Nov-2010
Council tenants to lose right to home for life

22-Nov-2010
Directors predict departmental mergers

19-Nov-2010
Shake-up of social care reporting

18 November 2010
Care ‘vision’ underscores commitment to personalisation

16-Nov-2010
Government to set out elderly care plans

16-Nov-2010
Care charity unveils new chief executive

12-Nov-2010
Lansley details care funding boost

11 November 2010
Personal budgets to stay, but target will be scrapped

11 November 2010
Where the cuts will bite

11 November 2010
London Councils told to expect £460m rise in care costs

10-Nov-2010
New warning over dementia demographic

10-Nov-2010
Rights watchdog launches home-care probe

10-Nov-2010
CQC salutes care services improvement

9-Nov-2010
Lansley details social care funding plans

5-Nov-2010
Verdict paves way for social care cuts

5-Nov-2010
Teesside council's care services criticised

5-Nov-2010
Government scraps adult social services performance assessment

4-Nov-2010
Burstow's 'disappointment' over personal budgets

4-Nov-2010
Care sector creates new personalisation partnership

4-Nov-2010
Cumbria well placed for an ageing future

4 November 2010
Demographic changes set to polarise councils

4 November 2010
Not taking a one-dimensional view

4 November 2010
Thirty councils could be at risk from change

4 November 2010
Minister rejects housing benefit homelessness fear

3-Nov-2010
Charity predicts 250,000 will lose care services

2-Nov-2010
Fears grow about work scheme review

1-Nov-2010
LGA in home care warning over spending cuts

1-Nov-2010
Personalisation agenda 'poses major challenges'

28-Oct-2010
Confusion over social care funds

28 October 2010
Shifting the balance in care

28 October 2010
We must plan services for elderly people

28 October 2010
Westminster details 'community budget prototype' savings

27-Oct-2010
NHS facing £6bn shortfall warns King's Fund

26-Oct-2010
Survey shows doctors' concern over NHS reform

25-Oct-2010
Social workers could set up practices

21 October 2010
‘Extra £2bn’ for social care

20-Oct-2010
NHS 'faces fallout' from council care cuts

18-Oct-2010
A Big Idea for a Big Society: equitable access for blind and partially sighted people

15-Oct-2010
Row over public health remit

14 October 2010
NHS chief urges flexibility for care spending

13-Oct-2010
Charity calls for smarter social care spending

12-Oct-2010
Watchdog highlights care-home management gap

8-Oct-2010
Councils say 'no' to public health ring-fence

5-Oct-2010
Lansley pledges £70m reablement funding

5-Oct-2010
Warning over welfare switch to private sector

5-Oct-2010
Ombudsman's new powers for social care

4-Oct-2010
'Universal credits' to replace benefits

1-Oct-2010
Commissioning role for councils may fall flat

30 September 2010
Adult social services 'can only take 3% cuts'

29-Sep-2010
CQC warns it's set to get tough

29-Sep-2010
Social workers blocked by immigration cap

28-Sep-2010
Fears over health grant changes

23 September 2010
Care-services could face £2.25bn gap

22-Sep-2010
Brendan Barber warns of 'brutal cuts'

22-Sep-2010
Contracts rejected following Connaught collapse

20-Sep-2010
Charity blasts 'short-sighted' home care reviews

20-Sep-2010
MPs back Jo Williams as CQC chair

15-Sep-2010
Connaught rescue raises contract hopes

14-Sep-2010
£760m Pathways scheme 'had little effect'

13-Sep-2010
Alarm bells rung on Scots care funding

13-Sep-2010
Unite claims meals on wheels under threat

13-Sep-2010
Warning over public health cuts

9 September 2010
Four million households have no one in work - ONS

8-Sep-2010
Connaught facing administration

7-Sep-2010
Birmingham bid to keep down homeless costs

7-Sep-2010
Pensioners 'expecting to bear brunt of cuts'

6-Sep-2010
Survey highlights confusion over elderly care

6-Sep-2010
SESL calls for streamlining of welfare payments

1-Sep-2010
100,000 social homes still 'poor' in 2015

27-Aug-2010
20% increase in net migration in 2009

26-Aug-2010
Report: End of life care improving

25-Aug-2010
Social care eligibility criteria tighten

19 August 2010
Nuffield Trust to probe ‘virtual wards’ savings

18-Aug-2010
Report names 'pensioner ghetto' councils

17-Aug-2010
Personal budgets sex survey exposes 'no rules'

16-Aug-2010
End-of-life survey flags up stark differences

11-Aug-2010
Southern Cross hit by council spending cuts

10-Aug-2010
Health boards will ‘need scrutiny'

5 August 2010
Health improvement at risk from boundary mismatch

5 August 2010
Social care may be allotted £400m NHS funding

5 August 2010
Social services - 5 August 2010

5 August 2010
The council and charity collaboration

5 August 2010
Concerns over GP commissioning

29 July 2010
New statutory duties would promote joint health work

29 July 2010
PCT abolition ‘to prompt mergers’

29 July 2010
Boundary issues could hamper public-health plans

28-Jul-2010
DH to axe at least eight Arm's-Length Bodies

26-Jul-2010
ADASS creates new boards to shadow Coalition

26-Jul-2010
Survey highlights councils' care spending

23-Jul-2010
Health moves into the community

22 July 2010
Pooled budgets 'essential to' social care solution

21-Jul-2010
Care funding commissioners named

20-Jul-2010
A new kind of partnership offers scope for savings

8 July 2010
Councils and PCTs fear fallout from cuts

8 July 2010
Integration is a challenge we are ready for

8 July 2010
Lewisham united on commissioning

8 July 2010
Charity calls for care budgets to be protected

5-Jul-2010
Local government can make a difference

1 July 2010
GP commissioning 'could boost joint working'

24-Jun-2010
Budget cuts 'could end support at home'

23-Jun-2010
Personalisation advances prompt uncertainty for housing providers

22-Jun-2010
Social care needs 3.5% increases 'just to keep pace'

21-Jun-2010
Charity warns of threat to lives if care services are cut

17-Jun-2010
ADASS launches drive to protect care funding

15-Jun-2010
Social care - 10 June 2010

10 June 2010
Working together to deliver quality care

10 June 2010
Key care survey results delayed by budget

9-Jun-2010
ONS study points to surge in elderly population

9-Jun-2010
Care charity flags potential £3bn efficiencies

9-Jun-2010
Care commission 'must address' standards

7-Jun-2010
Lewisham announces joint commissioning pact

4-Jun-2010
Why staff investment must be a priority

3 June 2010
EU backs council in care home case

1-Jun-2010
Personal budget targets questioned

27 May 2010
Suspend cynicism in social care

27 May 2010
Adult social care - 20 May 2010

20 May 2010
Recovering from crisis

20 May 2010
Funding tops social workers' fear list

12-May-2010
Adult social care spend rises by 5%

6 May 2010
Sharing a common goal on health services

15 April 2010
Warwickshire hires former DH director

14-Apr-2010
Care at home for elderly approved

9-Apr-2010
Councils press care homes on cost

8 April 2010
Government accepts care bill amendment

1-Apr-2010
White paper opts for care free at point of need

30-Mar-2010
Adult social care - 25 March 2010

25 March 2010
Progress since the Social Work Task Force report

25 March 2010
Tackling much-needed reform

25 March 2010
Delight at Chancellor’s care comments

24-Mar-2010
Government levy could trigger asset loss

11-Mar-2010
Carers must count, too

11 March 2010
Councils should offer more care cash

11 March 2010
Homeowners face wide variation in care fee help

11 March 2010
More help now for low-income households

11 March 2010
Main parties sign elderly deal

8-Mar-2010
Personal views of social care 2: Roger's story

5-Mar-2010
Directors call for better focus on carers

24-Feb-2010
Lib Dems to offer carers a week's holiday

22-Feb-2010
DCLG dismisses 'pay as you die tax' claims

22-Feb-2010
Agencies' forum frames social care agreement

20-Feb-2010
Tories boycott talks on elderly care

19-Feb-2010
Unitary withdraws supported housing funding

19-Feb-2010
Care talks' collapse ends consensus hope

15-Feb-2010
Violence against social workers 'chronic'

12-Feb-2010
'Death tax' clarification sought

11-Feb-2010
Councils' concern at free home care plans

10-Feb-2010
Burnham rejects £20,000 'death duty' reports

9-Feb-2010
Council pilot protects cash-strapped elderly

9-Feb-2010
Help for elderly to return home after care

8-Feb-2010
Home care costs will hike efficiency targets

1-Feb-2010
Charity wants 'fair and affordable' care

27-Jan-2010
Barnet to appeal warden ruling

22-Jan-2010
Report highlights anxiety over elderly

22-Jan-2010
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