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Tuesday, 22 June 2010

Councils Cutting Social Care

Councils already cutting social care to hit savings target

Friday, 18 June 2010

The question now is why would any council not provide homecare re-ablement?

We are working with the Adult Social Care team at a NW local Authority, the brief as follows:

Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Population forecasts by Local Authority 2008-2031 (We're all living longer. More people + less money = timebomb)

2008-based Subnational Population Projections for England (SNPP) were published on 27 May 2010. They give an indication of future trends in population for the period 2008-2033.

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

Calculating a fair market price for care : a toolkit for residential and nursing homes

ICES, Retail Model, Outsource or hope the Community Equipment Stores problem goes away!

We've spent six months looking at what to do with Community Equipment Stores with the 10 Greater Manchester Authorities....

Community Equipment Stores

We have recently secured £200k of funding for Greater Manchester Authorities to begin the process of virtual integration of their community equipment stores.

Aseessing Future Delivery Options for Adult Social Care

Budget constraints, demographic changes and changes to how services are likely to be commissioned and delivered in the future requires detailed analysis of current arrangements, likely future demand and market dynamics so as to assist Care Commissioners in making informed decisions as to how the services could best be deployed and shaped for the future.

Personal Social Security Returns (PSS)

The first step in understanding where/how the money is spent is to fully understand the information the council will have provided for the Personal Social Services Expenditure Return (PSS EX1).

Monday, 7 June 2010

So whats this blog about?

The aim is to provide a one stop resource for all current news and developments concerning adult social care in the UK including articles on how commissioners and directors of adult care can prepare and plan for the likely upcoming Government cuts