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The King’s Fund Social Care 360 reveals Covid’s impact on demand and spending in the sector. Although the pandemic appears to have caused some temporary

There are around 900,000 people living with dementia in the UK, but why do we not see them as wise and worthy of respect like other nations?

The government is offering only derisory sums given the scale of the problem, writes the health and care policy expert. The modern history of adult social

Today's social care white paper is short on funding commitments and fails to clarify key policy details, writes LGC reporter Megan Kenyon. Today's news

Adult social care spending needs to increase significantly to meet the needs of our ageing population. But how do we pay for it, asks Simon Bottery, senior fellow in Social Care at The King’s Fund.

To be very high to get care but you will also need to demonstrate that your assets are quite low so thats the savings or the value of your home. what an increase in the floor does is it essentially brings more people into publicly funded adult social care. more people will get something from the system, they might not get all of their care paid forfree but they might not get all of their care paid for free but they will have some degree of support and what a captors is say, if you are still payi...

To close down our economy or take the extreme measures we had to sadly take in december of last year. we know its almost inevitable that when schools are going back as they are now and restrictions are lifted in life is almost back to normal, that will inevitably lead to an increase in the number of cases but the theory and the hope is at the evidence so far is that the vaccine does not mean that that increase in cases leads to an increase in pressure on the nhs but we are moving into uncharted ...

In the context of social care. so a grown—up conversation about a sustainable funding model for the long term, as the justice secretary was saying there, code for this is going to be difficult and it is going to be costly and it is going to hit people one way or another in their pockets. borisjohnson perhaps in the coming days, once the details are finalised, although we are told that no decisions have been made yet, will be preparing his arguments in order to make the case for a tax rise whic...

Sir Andrew Dilnot was appointed by David Cameron to sort out the funding of care and support (Image: Handout) He added: “The cap which we described in 2011 is effectively the excess in a social insurance policy. “Anyone who had high social care needs would be looked after by us all. Only by doing this can we not only take away the fear and difficulty that faces people who need social care, but also do something to make the sector viable. Right now it’s like being a shop with no prices, be...

They can choose to become comprehensive or partially selective schools serving their local communities.  BGSA should recognise that the selective system in Bucks is a relic from the era of British colonial attitudes.  During this period, many socially and discriminatory attitudes and policies were tolerated and practiced as the norm.  Selective education is a survivor from these times and should now be outlawed like all other forms of prejudice and discrimination whose objectives wer...