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HEALTH

Boss pledges 'better care' for disabled

16 January 2013

Former council boss in charge of plans to reform care at Winterbourne View pledges to work with l...

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Sickness rates respond to the right treatment

By Dean Wanless | 15 January 2013

Dean Wanless says local authority sickness rates are not quite what they appear.

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Figuring out the costs of social care

By Cllr Lucinda Yeadon | 15 January 2013

John Baker and Cllr Lucinda Yeadon say it's time to put the myths of residential care provision t...

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Scrap adoption bureaucracy say council chiefs

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 January 2013

Town hall bosses have warned that government bureaucracy is still getting in the way of the adopt...

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Government publishes adoption map

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 January 2013

The Government has published a map of 'adoption hotspots' to encourage the number of people who w...

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Bosses angry over health budget delay

09 January 2013

Town hall bosses have made public their frustration at continuing delays to the announcement of n...

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Use fuel allowance to fund care limit says Burstow

09 January 2013

Former care minister Paul Burstow and three council leaders have reignited the debate over social...

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Get more residents to exercise, councils told

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 January 2013

Local authorities should encourage more people to exercise as part of the sector's new public hea...

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Commons group calls for overhaul of 'failing' CQC

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 January 2013

An influential group of MPs has heaped further criticism on the beleaguered Care Quality Commissi...

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£900m care 'shortfall'

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 January 2013

London boroughs face a £900m adult social care funding shortfall within the next five years, acco...