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NHS trust and council partner on technology enabled care

By Lee Peart 03 September 2026

Wye Valley NHS Trust has partnered with Herefordshire Council’s adult social care and clinical services to increase the use of technology enabled care services (TEC) and products available to suppo...

INTEGRATED CARE

Government rows back on plans to exclude councils from ICBs

By Lee Peart 02 September 2026

Plans to exclude councils from ICBs have been scrapped by the Government.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Only 5% of public think social care should be private

By Lee Peart 01 September 2026

Just 5% of the public think social care providers should be privately run, according to a think-tank survey.

SOCIAL CARE

Remove social care costs from council budgets, says think-tank

By Lee Peart 01 September 2026

A cross-party think-tank has called for social care costs to be removed from council budgets.

SOCIAL CARE

Scrap freeze on social care support threshold, says think-tank

By Lee Peart 01 September 2026

The Government has been urged to bring the threshold for social care support in line with inflation as part of reforms.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Help at Home service helps ease pressure on NHS

By Lee Peart 26 August 2026

A Help at Home service in North Wales is helping ease pressure on the NHS.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ealing records highest hospital admissions in London falls survey

By Lee Peart 24 August 2026

One in every 15 people aged 80 or over in Ealing was hospitalised after a fall last year, the highest rate of any London borough.

PREVENTION

A partnership approach to weight loss medicines

18 August 2026

GP registrar and councillor Dr Olly Scargill discusses the findings of his report, The GLP-1 Population Health Project, and says better partnership working between the NHS and local authorities is ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

EXCLUSIVE: Lib Dems set out three tests for cross-party social care talks

By Lee Peart 18 August 2026

Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Helen Morgan has set out three tests for cross-party social care reform talks with the Government.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

North Devon Council to stage 'special meeting' amid maternity unit closure concerns

13 August 2026

North Devon Council is to stage a ‘special meeting’ next week amid concerns around the temporary closure ‘with little notice’ of the area’s maternity unit.

PREVENTION

Burnham announces vape and betting shop clampdown

By Dan Peters 12 August 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has proposed giving councils powers to prevent betting shops, adult gaming centres and vape shops from opening on high streets.