People living with dementia have spent almost £15bn on their own care since the government first promised its Green Paper in March 2017.
Funding
Some of the UK’s leading care home operators have come under fire over their links to offshore firms.
A House of Lords report has called for an immediate £8bn injection to restore quality to the adult social care system.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has set out the government’s programme to address the social care challenge.
The government has agreed to review the Funded Nursing Care (FNC) rate for 2019/20 following a legal challenge by Care England.
People living with dementia are being ignored and neglected by the government, the Alzheimer’s Society has warned, as a new poll reveals that the majority of MPs believe dementia services are underfunded.
One in three councils fear they will run out of funding to meet their legal duties on providing services such as adult social care, a survey has found.
Adult social services directors have called on the government to provide a long-term funding solution to the social care crisis.
Former Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt has admitted that government cuts to adult social care have gone too far.
Matt Hancock has pledged a £3.5bn cash injection to prop up the social care system as he kick-starts his campaign to become the UK’s next prime minister.
