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10% pay rise for thousands of care workers as government announces national living wage rise

Community Care

Many thousands of care workers in England will get a 10% pay rise next April after the government decided to increase its national living wage (NLW) from £10.42 between the amount English commissioners paid domiciliary care providers and the fees required to pay staff the current NLW of £10.42. an hour in England in 2023-24.

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Minimum price of home care to rise by 12% next year, says provider body

Community Care

The minimum price commissioners should pay home care providers will rise by 11.8% next year due to increases in the national living wage and the impact of inflation on services’ costs. Pay care staff ‘much more than national living wage’ – .

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Social care inequalities deepening due to cost of living crisis and squeezed council budgets, says CQC

Community Care

Reduced service capacity Workforce shortages had resulted in reduced service capacity. The number of registered care home beds shrank by 0.6% This risked leaving people in deprived areas, who are more dependent on state services, going without care, it warned.

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‘Rapidly deteriorating situation’ for social care, finds ADASS

Community Care

Staff shortages are driving a “rapidly deteriorating situation” for people needing care and their carers, directors warned today. The government must now acknowledge the scale of the crisis and step in with emergency funding and measures to ensure we can get through the winter ahead.”. Mounting unmet need.

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£10m boost to adult social care funding to tackle NHS winter pressures

Community Care

The government has increased funding for adult social care to help tackle NHS pressures this winter by £10m. The funding will be allocated to areas deemed to have the greatest urgent and emergency care challenges this winter. “Every bit of extra funding helps.”

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Social care leaders hailed in New Year Honours

Community Care

Social care leaders from across local and central government and provider bodies have been recognised in the New Year Honours as the sector battles one of the toughest winters in many years. Vic Rayner (@vicrayner) December 31, 2022.

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Rationing, not strengths-based practice, likely to explain fall in numbers receiving care, finds study

Community Care

However, the King’s Fund pointed out that much of the increase from 2019-20 to 2021-22 had been in Covid-related funding, designed to help providers meet additional costs, rather than directly finance care for individuals. The increase in funding since 2015-16 was also driven in part by growth in the unit costs of services.