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Social Care: Calls for new funding formula
LGA highlights the impact of recession, rising costs and the demographic timebomb
After last week's Commission for Social Care Inspection report claimed moves towards personalisation have been patchy, Cllr Gareth Barnard, Vice Chair of the Local Government Association's Community Wellbeing Board talks to Sam Hughes about how councils are managing the transition, but also how Central Government must urgently rethink how care is funded as the demands of the economic situation, rising costs and the rapidly ageing population threaten the whole future of the system.
Find out more about the future of funding – download the latest LGA report issued this week: “Facing facts and tomorrow’s reality today: the cost of care” or visit http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=1569030
Public Health
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Community Issues: Swine Flu
Hazel Blears on communities facing up to a possible pandemic -
Food for Thought, Healthy Eating Lifestyle Programme (HELP)
Uttlesford District Council -
Innovation: In Practice
Department of Health initiatives -
David Behan Interview
Director General, Social Care, Department of Health -
Putting People First - Prevention and Early Intervention
Dept of Health Partnership for Older People Project -
Building Capacity for Health Improvement
Wellnet -
Neurological Rehabilitation
Capio Healthcare UK -
Working Together in Lancaster District
North Lancashire PCT -
Drugs: national problems, local solutions
The National Drug Strategy -
Life Education Dorset
Children's Charity -
Designing for Health and Well-Being
Oldham PCT -
Interview with Professor Lord Robert Winston
We spoke with him at the LGA Sustainable Conference
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