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Brits Could Lose Inheritance, Family Home Just To Pay 'Catastrophic' Council Care Cost

UK families risk losing inheritances to cover soaring care costs. Councils are owed £343m, forcing many to sell homes.

International Business Times UK

GPs ask Streeting for ‘assurances’ over employers’ national insurance hike

The Royal College of GPs is seeking assurances that practices will be protected like ‘the rest of the NHS and public sector’.

Evening Standard

Reeves warned she faces £8.6bn annual bill to save ‘broken’ social care sector

Campaign groups have demanded a multibillion-pound funding settlement to begin fixing social care

The Independent UK

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‘Many care homes wouldn’t be here without foreign workers:’ fears over Tories’ plans to limit immigration

Proposed policies restricting numbers and rights of foreign health workers create alarm among care home operators

The Guardian - UK

Social care volunteers ‘must not be used to overlook workforce issues’

The NHS volunteer programme is being expanded into social care but sector leaders said long-term staffing issues must be addressed.

The Independent UK

Social care volunteer plans ‘a drop in the ocean compared to what is needed’

Health Secretary Steve Barclay said volunteers would be an addition rather than a replacement for trained carers.

The Independent UK

Halving social care workforce funding a ‘betrayal’, say charities and unions

The Government has been accused of a ‘smoke and mirrors attempt to sow confusion bundling these cuts alongside pre-announced funding’.

The Independent UK

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Care home boss says Matt Hancock has 'no integrity' after WhatsApp messages leaked

This week, messages sent by former Health Secretary Matt Hancock during the coronavirus pandemic have been leaked. Three care home bosses have spoken to The Mirror about their despair

Daily Mirror

Care home provider says it faces ‘perfect storm’ with free beds but not enough staff

‘We have willingness and passion but not the ability,’ warns care home boss

The Independent UK

Staffing ‘crisis’ means £200m extra care beds plan won’t work, health bosses warn

Government’s discharge funding could leave patients ‘stranded’ and ‘lost’ in care homes, experts warn

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak accused of misleading public over emergency NHS funding

Exclusive: Hospitals and councils have not received £300m promised four months ago to free up beds

The Guardian - UK

More than quarter of social care staff over 55 may retire in decade, study says

At almost 11%, care worker vacancy rates are twice as high as the national average, according to Skills for Care.

The Independent UK

Calls for Liz Truss to honour pledge to put £13bn into social care

It comes as Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng said the nation insurance hike will be reversed from November.

The Independent UK

£500 million social care discharge fund ‘not enough on its own’

Charities, social care providers and councils welcomed the cash injection but said it will not ‘touch the sides’ of what the struggling sector needs.

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Liz Truss: No-one will be forced to sell their home to pay for social care

The PM said her ‘first priority’ for the sector is properly funding it over the winter because there are ‘too many’ people staying in hospital.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s claim to have reformed social care denounced as ‘one final insult’

‘Tell that to the thousands of people struggling,’ says sector leader

The Independent UK

Filled social care roles in England fall 50,000 amid workforce pressures

Filled positions in adult social care fell by 3% between 2020-21 and 2021-22.

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