A cross-party think-tank has called for social care costs to be removed from council budgets.
The Government has been urged to bring the threshold for social care support in line with inflation as part of reforms.
A Help at Home service in North Wales is helping ease pressure on the NHS.
Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Helen Morgan has set out three tests for cross-party social care reform talks with the Government.
The NHS will collapse without social care system reform, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said.
A new negotiating body will set up by the end of the year as part of the social care Fair Pay Agreement.
Local government leaders have reacted to a call from Baroness Casey for a national health and social care service.
The Health and Social Care Committee has urged the next Prime Minister to ensure findings from the Casey Commission are published before its current 2028 deadline.
A ‘dementia data gap’ must be addressed by the Casey Commission and Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia (MSF), according to The Kings Fund.
Baroness Casey has said she is open to the potential for a faster implementation of social care reforms if required by the next prime minister.
An update on progress against ‘five simple asks’ from Baroness Casey has been provided by the Government.
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