An ADASS survey found that many patients were discharged to care homes rapidly and without an assessment, reducing the ability to help people home.
Surveys
Directors of adult social care services are more concerned about the financial sustainability of care providers than they were before the pandemic.
Health and social care staff are being urged to take part in a new survey that aims to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the workforce.
Providers are increasingly concerned by the increase in staffing costs, PPE and the stress and anxiety suffered by staff and service users.
The National Care Forum found that just 22% of 6,469 care workers identified as being a priority for testing were actually tested.
One in two health and social care workers across the UK feel their mental health has declined in the last eight weeks, a poll shows.
Hourglass fears that strict lockdown measures during the coronavirus pandemic will create a “pressure cooker” environment for the abuse of older people.
Less than a quarter of over 45s believe the PM will be able to produce and implement a social care policy during his Parliamentary term.
The funding gap is based on the assumption that all councils will raise their council tax each year until 2025, the County Councils Network said.
The British Medical Association will ask its 160,000 members for their views on assisted dying for the first time.