There’s a smarter way to fix the social care crisis than raising national insurance
Northumbria hospital Trusts working with the Local Authority – interesting!
A radical overhaul of children’s social care is essential
Again, NaCSILS does not focus on children’s care – but, again, this analysis is so similar to ours on adult care and support that we felt we have to share it.
Private children’s homes criticised for making huge profits
NaCSILS focuses on adult social care, but we felt this news item had to be shared, because the same issue bedevils providers in adult social care, too.
Why are wheelchair users left on planes?
Another example of routine discrimination. The social model of disability at work.
Ministers reject post-Grenfell safety plans for disabled people
Somehow, practical safety precautions for disabled people have been omitted from housing plans. Strange, isn’t it!?
Johnson’s social care reforms won’t improve provision of residential care – they may make things worse.
A blog from CHPI on the chaos of the government’s “fix” for social care
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/social-care-reforms-2021/
A book review on health and social care
John Puntis explores a recent book by Christopher Thomas. ‘The Five Health Frontiers. A New Radical Blueprint’. Pluto Press, London, 2022
https://secureservercdn.net/160.153.137.14/6bg.0e1.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/The-Five-Health-Frontiers-book-review-1.docx
The government broke the law on discharging people to care homes without testing for Covid
Their argument about being unaware of asymptomatic transmission does not hold water.
The government is avoiding the real choices
Here is a Guardian piece describing well the way in which the PM and Chancellor are spinning their decisions to make it look as though social care is fixed. We know it is not.
Top 10 children’s care providers made £300m profits
NaCSILS does not focus on children. But this is such a disturbing story, we felt we had to share it.
Scottish Labour leader pledges nearly £1bn to provide free care for older people
A welcome breath of fresh air from Labour. It also sounds as though Scottish Labour wants to merge social care and the NHS, a move that NaCSILS sees as dangerous. We are keen to debate these ideas.
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