In recent weeks, we have learned that Sajid Javid is working on a radical plan to merge social care with health in England. The proposal is aimed at freeing up NHS beds and offering home care – and could be included in a white paper next month. The debate about a national care service is not new. But
“Apps are an affordable, accessible and popular technology which provide an easy avenue to consumers and developers. It is easy to develop a rudimentary app and then build something more sophisticated down the line.” Dr Peter Bloomfield and Cristina Ruiz de Villa, report authors The government should launch a learning disability technology initiative, combined with
“CityMaaS spend a long time doing research and we always involve the end users in our development process, because we have to remember that our understanding of a disability is very different to that of the person actually experiencing it.” Luis Canto E Castro, partnership manager, CityMaaS A recent report by Future Care Capital into learning disability
“The government claims that ‘everyone is better off’ under this rule change but, looking at the detail, it is difficult to see how this fits with the wider levelling up agenda, let alone a fair solution to the cap.”Greg Allen, CEO, FCC The government has announced a change to its plan to reform social care, which critics