Posted in News on Feb 22nd, 2010
Health secretary Andy Burnham has announced plans for the NHS to transfer a growing number of services from hospital to the patient’s home. Treatments such as chemotherapy and kidney dialysis are among those earmarked for a change in setting. The move is seen as part of Labour’s plans to tailor health and social care services [...]
Posted in News on Feb 12th, 2010
In other news around the White Paper, the Guardian reports that the government is considering a compulsory levy of £20,000 to be charged to an individual’s estate after their death. The money raised would be put into the social care funding ‘pot’ for care home fees. Ministers are currently divided over the scheme, which some [...]
Posted in News on Jan 14th, 2010
Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg has announce that, if elected, his party will drop plans to provide free personal care for the elderly. They had previously announced a £2.8 billion budget allocation for personal care. The Lib Dems will also look to reduce budgets in many other areas, in an attempt to reduce [...]
Posted in News on Nov 30th, 2009
The Queen’s speech at the state opening of Parliament on 18 November – the last before the next general election – has echoed Gordon Brown’s recent pledge to provide free personal home care to the UK’s neediest elderly and disabled people. Around 280,000 people can expect to benefit from the move – although 160,000 [...]
Posted in News on Jul 23rd, 2009
Below is a selection of official responses to the Green Paper on the future of adult social care in England that was published on 14 July. To read Cheselden’s official response, click here. [link to response in Media section]
Social and health care sector responses
‘The NHS is responsible for funding the nursing care of [...]
Posted in News on Jun 29th, 2009
The charity Age Concern Cymru and Help the Aged in Wales has announced the launch of ‘My Home Life Wales’, a new programme designed to improve the quality of life of residents of Welsh care homes. Recent research has shown that care home residents are amongst the most socially disadvantaged groups in the UK, [...]
Posted in News on Jun 17th, 2009
Age Concern and Help the Aged has challenged the ‘excellent’ ratings awarded to many local authorities for the standard of social care that they provide to people at home. The charity asserts that despite receiving three star ratings, many councils are failing to provide enough help to vulnerable elderly people with basic tasks such [...]
Posted in News on Jun 15th, 2009
National Carers Week, which ran from 8 to 14 June 2009, involved a wide range of events and projects to highlight the vital role of unpaid carers in the UK. 10 national charities supported the Week, including the Multiple Sclerosis Society, Carers UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and Counsel + Care. Results of two [...]
Posted in News on Jun 15th, 2009
The charity Age Concern, now merged with Help the Aged, ran a ‘Week of Action on Care’ between 8 and 12 June 2009. The aim was to promote a higher standard of care for older people and to force politicians to take notice of the current failing system. Age Concern actively encouraged people [...]
Posted in News on Jun 2nd, 2009
Age Concern and Help the Aged in Wales have launched a new care programme called ‘My Home Life Wales’. The programme aims to improve the quality of life for care home residents, staff and visitors. The project will be led by John Moore, who managed a care home and worked for social services [...]
