Government ‘open to housing reforms’ in social care overhaul
The government s proposals for social care reform could include policies on housing, the country’s most senior director of adult social services has indicated.
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has been in discussions with the Department of Health & Social Care on early iterations of the long-anticipated social care white paper which is now expected to be published later this year.
President James Bullion told last week’s meeting of the Local Government Association community wellbeing board he believes the sector is “pushing at an open door” with government in promoting housing programme policies.
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Local leaders from across the North are furious that the vaccine supplies in their area will be cut by a third in February.
To ensure all of those people in the top priority groups can be vaccinated quickly, targeted deliveries are being made to areas where there are more people left to vaccinate in the priority cohorts proportionate to the at risk population they have registered.
Health Service Journal revealed earlier this week that by the second week of February the weekly supply will be reduced to 200,000 for Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside and South Cumbria. Around 310,000 jabs were administered in the North West in the week to 24 January.