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LGA responds to VODG survey on sleep-in costs paid to carers

Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, responds to a survey published today by the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group, which reveals that nearly 70 per cent of the disability care sector is threatened by the liability for sleep-in costs paid to carers.

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LGA responds to latest delayed transfers of care figures

"Today’s figures show that councils have reduced the number of delayed days, building on a near continuous fall in delays since last summer."

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LGA responds to IFS report on health and social care funding

Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, responds to an Institute for Fiscal Studies report on funding health and social care to the 2030s.

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LGA responds to report on long-stay inpatient care for people with learning disabilities

“Councils are committed to ensuring that everyone should be able to live within their communities with the right support and continue to work in partnership with the NHS and provider organisations to move people from long-stay institutions to community settings."

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LGA responds to AGE UK survey on home care

“The availability of quality home care services are key to supporting people’s independence at home and in the communities they know and love. It is therefore a significant concern that these services are currently so fragile because of the acute funding pressures on the system"

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LGA responds to CQC report on importance of quality staff to improve adult social care

"More needs to be done to make adult social care a rewarding and fulfilling career and it is right that the workforce is going to be one of the pillars of the forthcoming green paper on care and support for older people."

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Loneliness initiatives cutting emergency hospital admissions by 20 per cent

Extra funding would help councils build on the effective prevention work to tackle loneliness which has saved millions of pounds and cut emergency hospital stays.

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LGA responds to ADASS Budget Survey on adult social care

"This report is further compelling evidence of the irrefutable crisis in adult social care funding which cannot be ignored."

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LGA: Responding to an IFS report on council spending on adult social care

Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board responds to an Institute for Fiscal Studies report on council spending on adult social care.

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LGA responds to latest delayed transfers of care figures

"Councils have now reduced the average number of delayed transfers of care days attributed to social care since July 2017 by 33 per cent."

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