Archives for June 27th, 2007

GREATER ROLE IN TACKLING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE URGED FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Headlines, PublicNet: 27 June, 2007

GREATER ROLE IN TACKLING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE URGED FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES

 

The New Local Government Network is calling for local authorities to be given a greater role in tackling domestic violence. It argues that councils can pull various bodies together to deal with the problem. Home Office figures show an incident of domestic violence is reported to police every minute.

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COUNCILS SAY SYSTEM IS ‘CREAKING AT SEAMS’ AS NEW GUIDANCE IS PUBLISHED

Headlines, PublicNet: 27 June, 2007

COUNCILS SAY SYSTEM IS ‘CREAKING AT SEAMS’ AS NEW GUIDANCE IS PUBLISHED

 

Local authority leaders have welcomed new guidance on continuing care, unveiled by Health Minister Ivan Lewis, as a step in the right direction but they have warned that the social care system is ‘creaking at the seams’. The new National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare is designed to make funding decisions on who is eligible for care fairer, faster and easier to understand.

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SOCIAL SERVICES WORKFORCE SHRINKING

Abstracts, PublicNet: 27 June, 2007

This report from the Information Centre, an independent special health authority that collects statistics about health and social care, shows that the number of staff working in social services has declined. The falling numbers result from greater involvement of the private sector in delivering care. There has been an increase in the total expenditure on social care since 1997 as well as an increase in the total numbers of people receiving services.The number of staff employed by councils with social service responsibilities in England was 272,100 in 2006 compared with 277,300 in 2005 and 308,700 in 1997. This represents a decrease in the headcount of around 2 per cent since 2005 and 12 per cent since 1997.

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