Media Report - 11 August 2015
Community Care
Mithran Samuel
Dols
Public Sector Executive
LGA calls for council tax reduction scheme for unpaid carers
Local authority leaders have called the government to set up a council tax discount scheme for unpaid carers.
Local Government Executive August 10
Andy Jowett
Adult social care "under stress and
strain"
Daily Mirror
Jason Beattie
Andrea Sutcliffe, the chief inspector of Adult Social Care,
...have been cut by £4.6 billion, according to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services. Meanwhile a Freedom of Information request...
The Independent
Harry Davies
Adult social care under 'strain' with carers demoralised by low pay, says care commissioner
"...homes identified a professional carer as the abuser. According to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, the adult social-care..."
Daily Telegraph
Javier Espinoza Education Editor
Social Care is under 'stress and strain'
The chief inspector of adult social care has warned the sector is under "stress and strain"
...budgets have been cut by £4.6 billion, according to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services . A freedom of information request by the...
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Press Association
Care Appoiontments
Sutcliffe warns over care quality as 150 abuse cases reported every day
"...budgets have been cut by £4.6 billion, according to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS). A freedom of information request... "
BBC News
August 9
Harold Bodmer
Interviewed live on the Andrea Sutcliffe story
BBC Online
The Observer
Sunday August 9
Extensive quotations from ADASS documents
ITV.com
Sunday August 9
Social care is under "stress and strain"
"...adult social care budgets have been cut by £4.6 billion according to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services. Department of Health. "
Mail On Sunday
Sunday August 9
The chief inspector of adult social care has warned the sector is under "stress and strain"
"...budgets have been cut by £4.6 billion, according to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS). A freedom of information request... "
Guardian/Observer
Commentary
Frank Ursell
"As the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (Adass) has revealed, councils are apparently being forced to make an additional £32m of "efficiency savings" in this financial year"
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