"Credible plan to sustain underfunded care sector needed this year" says PAC
Urgent action also required to reverse care work’s poor public image and boost recruitment and retention...
Wednesday, 9 May 2018 00:01
Green Paper on Child Mental Health is unambitious and leaves hundreds of thousands without proper care, say Committees
The Government's proposed Green Paper on Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health lacks ambition and will provide no help to the majority of those children who desperately need it...
Wednesday, 9 May 2018 00:01
ASCL: Mental health plans do not go far enough or fast enough
Commenting on the report of the House of Commons Education and Health and Social Care Committees...
Wednesday, 9 May 2018 00:01
National Education Union comments on Committee report on Green Paper on Mental Health
Commenting on The Government’s Green Paper on Mental Health: Failing a Generation, a joint report by the House of Commons Education and Health and Social Care Committees, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Wednesday, 9 May 2018 00:01
LGA responds to Committees' report on children's mental health green paper
Responding to a joint report by the Education Committee and Health and Social Care Committee on the Government’s proposed children and young people’s mental health green paper...
Wednesday, 9 May 2018 00:01
Select Committee report deals a hammer blow to the Government's credibility on dealing with mental health issues - Keeley
Barbara Keeley MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Mental Health, commenting on the joint Select Committee report on the Government’s Green Paper on Mental Health, said...
Wednesday, 9 May 2018 00:01
ADASS responds to PAC report on the future of social care
Responding to the Public Accounts Committee’s Report on the future of social care, Glen Garrod, President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) said...
Wednesday, 9 May 2018 00:01
LGA responds to PAC report on adult social care workforce
Responding to a report by the Public Accounts Committee on the adult social care workforce in England, which states that a credible plan to sustain the underfunded care sector is needed this year...
Wednesday, 9 May 2018 00:01
Extra £22.5m EU funds to boost skills in Wales on Europe Day
Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford will today [Wednesday 9 May] announce £22.5m of EU funding for schemes to help young people and women in Wales improve their skills and employment prospects...
Wednesday, 9 May 2018 00:01
Housing Secretary James Brokenshire awards funding to Greater Manchester, Liverpool and the West Midlands to reduce rough sleeping
Three areas in England are set to launch new pilot projects to support rough sleepers with complex needs get off the streets into stable and affordable accommodation...
Wednesday, 9 May 2018 00:01