Alzheimer's Society has responded to Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

Independent Age has released the below statement following the story today that ‘the strain on millions of unpaid carers is harming their health, jeopardising the care of loved ones they care for, and putting the adult social care system at an increased risk of collapse, council and care leaders are warning.'

Hft, a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, has submitted evidence to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights warning that cuts to local authority budgets in England are having a negative impact on social care providers, and the support they are providing to vulnerable adults.

We need a system that is equitable and universal access based on need, not on where you live and how much money you have, says Independent Age.

Independent Age is urging the government to introduce a social care contribution aligned to a commitment to provide free personal care, in order to help improve social care for older people, now and in the future. 

Research from Independent Age, the older people’s charity, examines various funding options for social care.

The number of adults aged 85 years and older needing round-the-clock care will almost double to 446,000 in England over the next 20 years, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health.

England’s system of adult social care funding has left the country lagging behind the rest of the developed world, a major charity has warned.

The chair of the Commons Health Committee has slammed Government plans to introduce a new “care Isa” saying it will only benefit a “small minority of wealthy people”.

Baroness Judith Jolly, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Health, writes about the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) system, covered in the Mental Capacity Act Amendment Bill which is currently going through parliament.

The Local Government Association (LGA) today launches a nationwide consultation to kick-start a desperately-needed debate on how to pay for adult social care and rescue the services caring for older and disabled people from collapse. 

The social care system is on its knees and people with dementia are the principal victims – hundreds of thousands of them rely on social care every day, says Sally Copley, Director of Policy, Campaigns and Partnerships at Alzheimer's Society.

Hft, a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, has submitted evidence to the Public Accounts Committee inquiry into the National Audit Office (NAO)’s report into the health and social care interface.

Dods Monitoring’s Health consultant Sophie-Rose Feary writes about the funding and policy challenges facing the new Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock.

Ahead of her debate today on ensuring social care in England is adequately funded, Baroness Brinton writes about the issue for PoliticsHome. 

Independent Age respond to the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee proposals on social care funding.

Alzheimer's Society respond to the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee proposals on social care funding.

The Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee writes that his Committee and the Health and Social Care Committee have come together to agree proposals on social care funding. He urges Ministers to work together across party, to assess their findings and agree on a solution.

Cuts to council budgets will leave authorities stripped of crucial services to the point that they are unrecognisable, the Conservative leader of the Local Government Association has warned.

Hft, a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, has reacted to the publication of a joint report out today (27th June) by the Housing, Communities and Local Government and Health and Social Care Committees on the future of adult social care.

People aged between 40 and 65 should pay a new "Social Care Premium" to help plug a growing funding gap in the social care sector, MPs have said.

Liberal Democrat peer Lord Goddard writes following his parliamentary question this week, on 'the impact on hospices of NHS pay increases and the ability of voluntary hospices to access additional funding'. 

A report by the Richmond Group – a coalition of 14 health and social charities across the UK – has highlighted that significant funding into the NHS, social care and public health is urgently needed if they are to be sustainable.

Statement from Mind's Head of Legal on today’s High Court ruling on Universal Credit