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£200m for NHS to buy short-term care placements to speed up discharge

Community Care

The government will give the NHS an extra £200m to buy short-term care placements to help relieve the pressures on its beleaguered emergency care system. Barclay – NHS under ‘enormous pressures’ Health and social care secretary Steve Barclay (credit: HM Government). Related articles.

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Care home discharge plan risks inappropriate placements and neglects causes of crisis – sector

Community Care

Government plans for the NHS to discharge people from hospitals to care homes risk inappropriate placements and neglect the root causes of the acute pressures on the health service. “We must recognise that long-term, sustainable investment is needed in primary and community based care and support and for family carers.”

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Risk of ‘poor or potentially illegal’ practice in care home discharge plan, warns ADASS

Community Care

Government plans for the NHS to discharge people from hospitals into care homes may result in “poor or potentially illegal” practice, through people being moving into residential care without their informed consent. Rehabilitation can work in a residential setting but it needs to be in a focused unit with the right staffing.

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Care providers ask for doubled fees to care for people discharged from hospitals

The Guardian

Care England says current funding is ‘inadequate’ if homes are to pay staff more and manage rehabilitation Care providers are demanding double the usual fees to look after thousands of people who need to be discharged from hospitals to ease the crisis in the NHS. Continue reading.

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BASW warns of ‘dilution of social worker role’ as DHSC plans more assessments by non-qualified staff

Community Care

The British Association of Social Workers England has warned of the risks of diluting the social worker role after the government unveiled plans for more assessments to be carried out by non-social work qualified staff. Digital technology can contribute to this, as can people other than social workers.

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Sharp rise in vacancies placing ‘significant stress’ on social care OTs, warns college

Community Care

” They added: “Whilst the government has spoken of the need to address this workforce challenge, the solutions coming forward are merely sticking plasters when it is clear that more fundamental reform of social care is required.

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Reinstate hospital social workers to improve discharge outcomes, PSWs urge Barclay

Community Care

In an effort to clear beds, the government has provided £700m from December 2022 until March 2023, mostly for the NHS, though chiefly to fund social care services, with the latest £200m tranche of this – announced last week – reserved for care home provision. .”

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