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• Social care recruitment and retention remains a challenge

  21-06-2023 10:54 via careindustrynews.co.uk
  
  Social care teams make dent in waiting lists but more carer burnout and mental health needs means that fewer people are getting the support and care they need.New findings from a survey of social care leaders shows short-term funding boosts from Government has helped reduce the number of people waiting for care and increased support for people at home. But increases in care delivered are not keeping pace with increased needs, according to a report by the Association of Directors of Adult Social
  
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• Local Authorities and social care, set up to fail

  21-06-2023 10:33 via careindustrynews.co.uk
  Care England, the largest and most diverse representative body for independent providers of adult social care in England, has today welcomed the publication of the ADASS Spring Survey but has expressed deep concern at the findings.  
   
  Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive of Care England, says:
   
  “These survey results indicate that although the short-term funding boosts from Government have helped reduce the number of people waiting for care and increased su
  
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