Pressures on children’s social care
Published on:This report covers recent trends in pressures on children’s social care demand and activity and national and local government’s response.
This report covers recent trends in pressures on children’s social care demand and activity and national and local government’s response.
This report covers recent trends in pressures on children’s social care demand and activity and national and local government’s response.
This Overview summarises the Department’s responsibilities on how it spends its money and its key developments of work.
This overview updates our report ‘Adult social care in England: an overview (2014)’, highlighting key trends, developments and system pressures.
This ‘think piece’ draws on our past work highlighting the barriers that prevent health and social care services working together effectively, examples of joint working and the move towards services centred on the needs of the individual, to inform the ongoing debate about the future of health and social care in England.
This ‘think piece’ draws on our past work highlighting the barriers that prevent health and social care services working together effectively, examples of joint working and the move towards services centred on the needs of the individual, to inform the ongoing debate about the future of health and social care in England.
The Department of Health & Social Care’s role in overseeing the adult social care workforce.
The Department of Health & Social Care’s role in overseeing the adult social care workforce.
Although the Commission has improved as an organisation, it needs to overcome some persistent issues with the timeliness of some of its regulation activities if it is to sustain further improvement.
Although the Commission has improved as an organisation, it needs to overcome some persistent issues with the timeliness of some of its regulation activities if it is to sustain further improvement.
The Better Care Fund has not achieved the expected value for money, in terms of savings, outcomes for patients or hospital activity.
The Better Care Fund has not achieved the expected value for money, in terms of savings, outcomes for patients or hospital activity.
The Department of Health now needs to gain a better understanding of the different ways to commission personalised services for users, and how these lead to improvements in user outcomes.
The Department of Health now needs to gain a better understanding of the different ways to commission personalised services for users, and how these lead to improvements in user outcomes.
The provision of adequate adult social care poses a significant public service challenge. Demand for care is rising while public spending is falling.
The Care Quality Commission had a difficult task in establishing itself and has not so far achieved value for money in regulating the quality and safety of health and adult social care in England.
A report out today by the National Audit Office found that navigating complaints systems is not straightforward, particularly for health service users, and handling some complaints takes too long. There is little sharing of lessons from complaints or evidence that services are improving as a result. Some 133,600 NHS and 17,100 social care complaints were […]
Residential care costs for looked-after children have almost doubled in five years driven by rising demand and limited placements.
This report assesses DfE’s response to challenges faced by local authorities in placing looked-after children in residential care in England.
This report examines progress in establishing Integrated Care Systems in England.