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Access to past CIPFA
social care webinars
Did you know
that you can access the webinars and slides from some of our past
events online? Whilst we would much prefer to see you at our events
in person, we recognise that with busy diaries this is not always
possible. For our free events therefore, we make the recordings or
materials available after the event so that you can view them at
your convenience. Follow this link to see our most
recent recordings.
Two new reports from the
Health Foundation on COVID-19 and social care
Analysis by
the Health Foundation has resulted in two new reports relating to
the sector: Adult
social care and COVID-19: Assessing the policy response in England
so far, and Adult
social care and COVID-19: Assessing the impact on social care users
and staff in England so far.
The reports
unsurprisingly paint a bleak picture, claiming that ministers have
failed to support social care users during the outbreak and that
the social care sector was given a ‘far lower priority’ than the
NHS. The Chief Executive of the Health Foundation, Dr Jennifer
Dixon went on to say that they pandemic had exposed the extent of
neglect, with tragic consequences, towards the sector and that the
government must learn from the first phase of the pandemic to
invest in and support social care.
The reports
recognise that the pandemic has had a profound effect on those
receiving social care and those working in social care and go on to
examine the scope of the impact and the national government
policies on adult social care introduced during the first phase of
the pandemic.
Never let a crisis go to
waste
Continuing
with the COVID-19 theme, Dr Eleanor Roy, Health and Social Care
Policy Manager at CIPFA has written an article for Government
Business which discusses the difficulties faced by social care and
health during the pandemic and explores the benefits of a joined up
policy across health and care.
Have a read of
the full article here.
Workforce burnout and
resilience in the NHS and social care
The UK
Parliament has launched an inquiry to examine workforce burnout
across the NHS and social care. It will consider increased
pressures brought by Covid-19 and the resilience of services to
cope with high levels of staff stress.
MPs are
calling for evidence to assess the impacts of workforce burnout on
a range of areas from service delivery to the social care sectors.
They will also focus on the government’s workforce planning,
including measures set out in the NHS People Plan so far, and
assess the effectiveness of the Plan to deliver on staff numbers
expected to be required across medical and social care professions,
and those in training in order to meet future demands for patient
care will also be assessed.
The absence of
an equivalent workforce plan for social care and how parity with
the NHS could be achieved will also be considered. A separate HSC
inquiry is being carried out into social care’s funding and
workforce.
Click here to submit evidence
before Friday 4 September.
Adult social care: seven
principles for reform
The Local
Government Association (LGA) together with 32 other organisations,
including the CQC have put forward a set of key principles that
should underpin social care and support reform in light of
COVID-19. The seven principles cover vital aspects of every
part of social care, support and wellbeing.
Visit the LGA
website to read the seven
principles in full
Multi-million-pound
funding package for school transport
The UK
Government has announced over £40m in funding for school and
college transport during the autumn term. The funding will increase
capacity on school transport, meaning more pupils can travel to
school without using public transport.
Thousands of
students will be supported with new dedicated school and college
transport to get them to school or college in the autumn term, the
Education Secretary has said.
Delivering on
the national priority for all children and young people to return
to full-time education in September, local transport authorities
will receive more than £40 million funding for the autumn term.
Click here for further details
of the funding.
Support for vulnerable
children and those with special educational needs and disabilities
Vicky Ford,
Parliamentary Under-secretary for Children & Families, has
written to Robert Halfon, Chair of the Education Committee,
regarding support for vulnerable children and those with special
educational needs and disabilities.
Read the full
letter here.
COVID-19 advice and
support for local authorities
CIPFA has
set-up an online
hub for COVID resources.
Additionally, the SCAN network page contains links to COVID
guidance and information specifically for adult
social care, children’s
services and education.
Essential
guidance for local authorities on all aspects of the coronavirus
support can be found on the GOV.UK
website.
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