Posted in News on Feb 12th, 2010
Care minister Phil Hope has outlined plans for a community-based network of care services for older people which will be based on integrated working by both health and social services. In a drive to improve standards, Mr Hope is advocating a ‘personalised’ and ‘seamless’ approach to care which will see the establishment of integrated care [...]
Posted in News on Jan 31st, 2010
Social services directors have warned that the annual cost of implementing the Personal Care at Home bill could be £500 million more government figures currently show. The results of a survey show that the weekly cost of providing personal care to a single person is around £200 – double the government’s estimate. The original figures were [...]
Posted in News on Jan 31st, 2010
The army of unpaid carers who provide 70% of social care in Wales are to receive more support. The Welsh government has passed new legislation ordering health and social services to work together to make more information available to carers and to consult them on services that are available to them and the people they [...]
Posted in News on Jan 31st, 2010
A new programme is being launched in Gwent to help vulnerable people in the area to stay in their homes rather than being admitted to hospital or care homes. A similar scheme has been running in Torfaen for several years and has been very successful in reducing admissions for frail, elderly patients. The Gwent Frailty [...]
Posted in News on Jan 26th, 2010
The Guardian reports on the success of 146 schemes that aimed to reduce the NHS’s elderly care costs by promoting healthier living and dealing with problems at an early stage. The Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPPS) ran across 29 English councils between 2006 and 2009 and promoted joint working between social services and healthcare [...]
Posted in News on Dec 31st, 2009
Wales has launched a consultation process on the future of its social services. The consultation will be managed by a new body, set up in December 2009, called the Independent Commission on Social Services. The Commission’s role is to investigate and report back on how the Welsh Assembly Government should reshape social care [...]
Posted in News on Dec 7th, 2009
Charities and Welsh Assembly Members are calling for an investigation into Welsh care home standards after a BBC TV programme was aired showing care rules being breached. The programme, entitled ‘Who cares in Wales?’ and broadcaast on 25 November, used undercover filming to expose substandard care practices in a home, including incorrect lifting procedures [...]
Posted in News on Nov 30th, 2009
The Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) have published a review of the impact of the National Service Framework (NSF) for older people in Wales, launched in 2006. The review is taking part in two phases over a two year period so that sufficient coverage is given [...]
Posted in News on Oct 21st, 2009
Public sector union Unison has voiced concerns that the widespread introduction of personal budgets for social care will leave vulnerable people open to abuse. The Department of Health wants personal budgets, which give people a set amount of money to spend as they wish on their social care needs, to be available to all [...]
Posted in News on Oct 15th, 2009
The Daily Mirror newspaper has pledged its support to securing a better quality of life for Britain’s six million unpaid carers, whose work saves health and social services around £87 billion per year. The Mirror has teamed up with the charity Carers UK to campaign for a significant increase in carers’ benefits. The [...]
