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Personal care should be free for over-65s, says thinktank

By On May 26, 2019

I think this is a really interesting proposal. Many people who have made provision for their old age, many in rural areas, feel very challenged by the need for their modest savings to disproportionately support the cost of their care, just because they […]

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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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