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• The Guardian view on the future of social care: a chance for Labour | Editorial

  08-06-2023 19:30
  
  Conservative neglect of the system has been a disaster. Wes Streeting and his colleagues must show they can do better Two proposals in the course of a week present opposing approaches to England’s care crisis. A government scheme will recruit volunteers to run errands, in a desperate attempt to lessen the problem of people stuck in hospital because they can’t be safely discharged. Tasks, including collecting prescriptions, will be allocated via an app. A far more substantial plan fro
  
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• Labour won’t be able to instantly fix every Tory failure. But social care would be a good place to start | Polly Toynbee

  08-06-2023 18:20
  
  Solving this neglected crisis require money. The problem is: so does every public institution starved of funds since 2010Indignation fatigue makes it hard to keep track of the many public service failures, so social care has fallen from the public eye since Covid – though it goes on getting worse. Its failings block more hospital beds with elderly patients who can’t be released because there’s nowhere for them to go. More people needing care find rising barriers of ever-higher
  
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• Labour aims to reform England’s adult social care sector if it wins election

  08-06-2023 09:21
  
  Party-commissioned report sets out roadmap for a national care service to tackle inadequate state provisionSignificant reform of England’s beleaguered adult social care sector could be ushered in by the next Labour government under plans that include boosting pay for care workers, expanding the scope of free support and all those who need it getting £50 a week towards costs.A report by the Fabian Society thinktank, commissioned by the shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, and the t
  
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• Care homes set to save thousands of pounds thanks to free training from Health Education England

  08-06-2023 09:15 via careindustrynews.co.uk
  
  The roll-out of a free new e-learning module on healthcare waste – set up by Health Education England – is set to bring major benefits to the care home sector, says leading independent healthcare waste management company Anenta.The training – developed in association with Anenta to help all healthcare professionals – is seen as key to building better understanding of waste management in care homes, which have long struggled with managing healthcare waste effectively.This
  
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• Top-level call for the creation of a National Care Service

  08-06-2023 02:01 via careindustrynews.co.uk
  
  A top-level call for the creation of a National Care Service is welcome but cannot be delayed for as long as suggested, providers warned today.The Independent Care Group (ICG) has backed calls by the Fabian Society to create a new National Care Service in a report issued today.But the ICG says such a move cannot wait a further five years to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the NHS, as the Fabian Society suggests.And it has also described suggestions that people be paid £25 to £5
  
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• Labour ‘should fix social care with better pay and free short-term support’

  08-06-2023 01:01
  
  Fabian Society report calling for national care service to be set up and changes to fundingMajor reform of England’s beleaguered adult social care sector could be ushered in by the next Labour government under plans that include boosting pay for care workers, expanding the scope of free support and asking all people to contribute £50 a week towards costs.A report by the Fabian Society thinktank, commissioned by the shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, and the trade union Unison, s
  
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