Community Care
JANUARY 30, 2023
Four in ten people whose discharge from hospital is delayed are awaiting a social care package, according to NHS data. The figure, revealed today in a government plan to reduce hospital pressures, came as council leaders criticised ministers for a narrative of “blaming” social care for delayed discharges.
Community Care
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
“It is also adding to the endless pressures we see with ambulances and hospitals, and adding to the pressures we see in our communities, [including] more people requesting help with mental health and domestic abuse, [and] 2.2 million hours of home care [that] couldn’t be delivered in the first quarter of this year.
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Community Care
JANUARY 17, 2023
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. Our concern is that with the focus on discharge above everything else,” she added.
Community Care
JANUARY 13, 2022
“More than 50 million PCR and 142 million LFD kits have been delivered to care homes and we have invested a further £478 million to support safe and timely hospital discharges to get patients into the best place for their care and support to continue.”.
Community Care
OCTOBER 21, 2022
This was evidenced in the fact that, according to the NHS Confederation, two in five people are not able to leave hospital when ready, in large part because of a lack of social care. Extra £500m for social care a ‘sticking plaster’, warn sector leaders. per hour per social care employee.
Social Work With Adults
DECEMBER 19, 2023
[including the] graduate scheme for mental health social work students, ThinkAhead." We have also continued to provide support to retain and sustain the social work workforce, through provision of bursaries and placement fees, as well as the graduate scheme for mental health social work students, ThinkAhead.
Social Work Blog
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Diana’s first job as a social worker at Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital earned her recognition by Glamour Magazine (September 1965) as being a “Girl with Go Jobs.” Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital. She served on the Town of Leonia Juvenile Conference Committee for many years, and later health committees in Bergen County.
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