Insights • funding

Consolidating the future of the NHS

The NHS England planning guidance was published at the end of March, and the key word in the document is…

by Oliver Barnes - April 8, 2024

Is your council in the top 10 to lose or gain £5.6m next year?

Is your council in the top 10 to lose or gain £5.6m next…

Councils have lots to gain or lose next year depending on adult social care charging reform grant distribution. Is your council in the top 10?

by Chris Maxsted - September 2, 2022

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Impact forecast : The big five changes in health and social care

Impact forecast : The big five changes in health and social…

Health and social care leaders must incorporate these changes to implement an integrated and efficient system for the planning and delivery of services.

by Jeremy Cooper - February 24, 2022

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Adult social care reform white paper – it’s all about the delivery.

Adult social care reform white paper – it’s all…

The big difference is this adult social care reform white paper references 35 different pots of money.

by Jeremy Cooper - December 2, 2021

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Shifting the social care dial: collaboration with providers

Limited, additional funding won’t shift the dial – but collaboration will

by Michael Kitts - October 7, 2021

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Additional £5.4bn will not shift the dial on social care

We very much welcome the PM’s announcement this week, but there are still many challenges facing the social care sector….

by Michael Kitts - September 9, 2021

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Do councils have the financial resilience to survive Covid-19?

Do councils have the financial resilience to survive…

Is the allocated emergency funding sufficient?

by Ebony Hughes - April 6, 2020

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The bad behavioural science of more money for local government

The bad behavioural science of more money for local…

More money for local government is good news – as long as the response to it is the right one

by Jeremy Cooper - October 4, 2019

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Why the narrative on children’s services needs to change

Today, we launch our report in association with the NLGN on the transformation of children's services.

by Olly Swann - September 10, 2019

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Time to reassess children’s mental health

Time and again over the past five years, children’s social workers have told me that the insufficiency of children and young people’s mental health support is a crippling factor preventing them getting the best outcomes.

by Charlotte Levey - July 1, 2019

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