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Social care staff carrying out tasks previously undertaken by NHS, without extra funding, say directors

Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Adult social care staff are carrying out tasks previously undertaken by the NHS in most areas, without compensatory funding, council heads have reported. Seventy per cent of directors said this was the case, in response to an Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) survey carried out in September and October of this year.

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65,000 adults waiting at least six months for assessment as unmet needs mount, warns ADASS

Community Care

MAY 13, 2022

The figure, dating from the end of February, is six times that recorded in September last year, and comes with most directors reporting they have had to prioritise assessments for cases of suspected abuse or neglect, hospital discharge or reablement following a temporary residential care stay. ADASS May 2022 survey: key findings.

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

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This can be spent on meeting adult social care needs, supporting the provider market, speeding up hospital discharge and otherwise reducing NHS pressures. 3.85bn from the social care grant, which is ring-fenced for adult and children’s social care. “Every bit of extra funding helps.”

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‘Things have never been so bad’ for people needing care, carers and staff, warns ADASS president

Community Care

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

“Things have never been so bad,” for people needing care, carers and staff, the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has warned. We see unpaid carers at breaking point and people unable to afford the support they need.”

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Making a reality of asset-based practice in social care

Community Care

APRIL 24, 2024

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One in eight councils moved to ‘life and limb care only’ for at least some people over Christmas, warns ADASS

Community Care

JANUARY 13, 2022

The findings come from a snaphot survey from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) released today, in the context of what the association described as a “national emergency” Relaxing Care Act duties mooted.

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

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.

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

Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2022

At the same time, 94% of directors reported that they did not have sufficient care staff in their areas to deliver services this winter, in response to an Association of Directors of Adult Social Services survey carried out in October and November. Pay care staff ‘much more than national living wage’ – .

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Almost all councils lack funding to meet adult care costs this winter, warn directors

Community Care

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Ninety four per cent of directors disagreed that they had sufficient money to fund care over the coming months, while the same proportion disagreed that there were enough social care staff locally to meet needs this winter, in response to an Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) survey.

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NHS to get most of £500m winter adult social care funding

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. 13,000 people stuck in hospitals.

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CQC urges government to fund better pay for care staff to tackle ‘gridlocked’ system

Community Care

OCTOBER 21, 2022

As well as causing gridlock in the NHS, the CQC highlighted the rising levels of unmet need for social care, with Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) figures showing 540,000 were waiting for a care assessment, care package, direct payment or review as of April this year, up 37% in six months.

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Omicron infections in wider workforce ‘adding pressure’ to ‘exhausted’ social workers

Community Care

JANUARY 25, 2022

Practitioners are having to step in to carry out welfare checks on adults going without the care they need due to mounting staff shortages in residential and home care, said the British Association of Social Workers (BASW). Vacancies across adult social care rose from 9.2% to 9.4% , from November to December 2021, up from 6.1%

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Social care funding rise ‘should deliver tangible service improvements’, says government

Community Care

DECEMBER 19, 2022

300m for adult social care to support hospital discharge. This will need to be pooled, within the Better Care Fund, with a further £300m to support discharge, likely channelled through the NHS. The issue is widely linked to low pay, with the median hourly wage for independent sector care staff being £9.50

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Extra £500m for social care a ‘sticking plaster’, warn sector leaders

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The government’s £500m injection of cash into adult social care this winter is a mere “sticking plaster” for the sector’s underlying problems, leaders have warned. However, they said it was insufficient to tackle staff shortages, unmet needs for care and the impact of the cost of living crisis on the sector.

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ADASS president: ‘If you see black women in leadership, you believe you can achieve that too’

Community Care

APRIL 28, 2023

Beverley Tarka this week became the first black president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) since its establishment in 2007. We want a shift from the dominant narrative around hospital discharge. On taking up the presidency, she says: “It’s daunting – but exciting at the same time.

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How to sort out the crisis engulfing dementia care | Letters

The Guardian

JANUARY 4, 2023

Sarah McClinton , Les Bright and Jeremy Seymour on the pressures facing the care home sector Heads of adult social services share concern at the poor quality of some care and support for people living with dementia ( Dementia patients in England facing ‘national crisis’ in care safety, 28 December ).

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

Community Care

JANUARY 18, 2023

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. Risks of ‘poor or potentially illegal practice.

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40% of people delayed in hospital awaiting social care package

Community Care

JANUARY 30, 2023

The letter follows concerns from social care leaders about the government’s allocation of £200m to the NHS this winter to help reduce delays by block-booking care home placements for up to four weeks.

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Social care staff carrying out tasks previously undertaken by NHS, without extra funding, say directors

65,000 adults waiting at least six months for assessment as unmet needs mount, warns ADASS

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