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Hancock appears to rule out sweeping changes to social care funding system

By John Pring on 2nd May 2019 Category: Independent Living

Hancock appears to rule out sweeping changes to social care funding system
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The health and social care secretary appears to have ruled out sweeping changes to the funding system for adult social care. Matt Hancock, giving evidence about the adult social care funding crisis to a House of Lords committee on Tuesday (pictured), […]

Ministers block release of ‘no deal Brexit’ social care recruitment plans

By John Pring on 14th February 2019 Category: Independent Living

Ministers block release of ‘no deal Brexit’ social care recruitment plans
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Ministers are refusing to release information that would show what extra plans – if any – the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has put in place to deal with an adult social care recruitment crisis in the event of […]

Anger over latest delay to social care green paper

By John Pring on 20th December 2018 Category: Independent Living

Anger over latest delay to social care green paper
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Disabled people’s organisations have reacted angrily after the government admitted that it will break its promise to publish its long-delayed adult social care green paper by the end of this year. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) confirmed this […]

Hancock comes up empty on ‘no deal Brexit’ social care recruitment plans

By John Pring on 20th December 2018 Category: Independent Living

Hancock comes up empty on ‘no deal Brexit’ social care recruitment plans
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The health and social care secretary has failed to produce any evidence that he has put extra plans in place to deal with an adult social care recruitment crisis in the event of a “no deal Brexit”. Despite the ever-increasing likelihood […]

Minister appears unprepared for impact of ‘no deal’ Brexit on social care

By John Pring on 30th November 2018 Category: Independent Living

Minister appears unprepared for impact of ‘no deal’ Brexit on social care
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The health and social care secretary appears to have accidentally confessed to having no plans for dealing with the worsening social care recruitment crisis that is almost certain to hit the UK if the country is forced into a no-deal Brexit. […]

Hancock announces ‘seclusion and segregation’ review… after 70 years of concerns

By John Pring on 8th November 2018 Category: Independent Living

Hancock announces ‘seclusion and segregation’ review… after 70 years of concerns
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The government has announced a fresh review into prolonged seclusion and long-term segregation of people with learning difficulties and autistic people in hospitals, more than 70 years after concerns were first raised by civil rights campaigners. Health and social care secretary […]

Tory conference: Government side-lines working-age social care… again

By John Pring on 4th October 2018 Category: Independent Living

Tory conference: Government side-lines working-age social care… again
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The health and social care secretary has side-lined the support needs of working-age disabled people while announcing new funds for the social care system at this week’s Conservative party conference. Matt Hancock announced an extra £240 million for local authorities to […]

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