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Does the future of big data mean Big Brother politics?

By On April 7, 2019

Shropshire Council is a good example of many local authorities using data imaginatively to predict demand for adult social care. This article paints in a bigger context for all organisations in the public sector. It tells us:

Data specialists Gartner predict data volumes will […]

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Fury as government delays promised social care reform for sixth time amid Brexit gridlock

By On April 1, 2019

It look like the adult social care conundrum will never be resolved! This story tells us….

The government has failed for the sixth time to hit its own deadline to publish details of care system reforms for adults with disabilities and the elderly, because of the Brexit gridlock […]

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Agency tried to charge care homes £2,700 a shift for workers

By On February 25, 2019

Can this be true? And if it is what does it tell us about our broken system of adult social care?

One of the country’s biggest providers of agency health workers has been accused of “profiteering” after trying to charge care homes […]

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Government’s ‘care Isa’ plan dismissed by Tory health committee chair

By On August 19, 2018

I really like Sarah Wollaston and I think her comments here help put this piece of thinking, as potentially part of the solution to the huge challenge (which is bankrupting local authorities) of funding adult social care, back into the THINK AGAIN box. This story tells us…

A senior Tory MP has dismissed proposals […]

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Delay to green paper caps dismal 48 hours for social care

By On June 21, 2018

The APPG on Rural Services will be discussing the up-coming Green Paper on Adult Social Care early next month. Looks like they will have longer to wait to get their teeth into the actual document. This article tells us:

When Jeremy Hunt finally admitted to MPs on Monday evening that the green paper on […]

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