Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

There are also concerns that councils are taking on responsibilities that should fall to the NHS, because of the drive to discharge people from hospital as quickly as possible, which means people are leaving wards with greater needs than previously.

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Community Care

JANUARY 17, 2023

Our concern is that with the focus on discharge above everything else,” she added. “We can see from ADASS surveys that directors of adult social care are prioritising their resources to support hospital discharge or to respond to referrals where there are concerns about abuse or neglect.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The NHS will be given the majority of a £500m fund for adult social care, designed to speed up hospital discharge and bolster the care workforce. Channelling the funding through the NHS reflects a growing shift towards resourcing adult social care through the health service.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The package, designed to speed up hospital discharges by increasing the availability of social care, and to boost the supply of care staff, was broadly welcomed by councils, providers, think-tanks and charities. 52% rise in vacancies. ” Inflation driving £3.7bn rise in costs.

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Community Care

JANUARY 18, 2023

. “We are concerned that people leaving hospital are ending up in the wrong places, with the wrong support, away from the people and things that are important to them which means they are at increased risk of a slower recovery and a potential unnecessary return to hospital,” network co-chairs Hannah Scaife and Sarah Range told Barclay.

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