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.
Surveys
Hourglass fears that strict lockdown measures during the coronavirus pandemic will create a “pressure cooker” environment for the abuse of older people.
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.
The public affairs and policy manager shares the charity's perspective on the findings from the latest Sector Pulse Check report.
The ranking from job site Indeed exposes the acute staff shortages in the health and social care sector and the demand for more home care nurses.
The survey found that 94% of directors of social care services have ‘little’ or ‘no’ confidence that they will be able to deliver the care they are required to by law.
A snap poll found that 97% of NHS leaders believe that the social care crisis is hampering the way the NHS can treat its patients.
More than two thirds of Britons aged 65 and over would prefer to stay at home with a visiting carer, rather than moving in with their family or into a care home.
An independent survey revealed that 96% of Home Instead clients and 97% of care workers would recommend the provider’s services.