News - Posts in Category: Social Services

More support from local services essential to help prevent carers being pushed to breaking point

More investment in local services is essential to help unpaid carers being pushed to breaking point amidst a surge in demand for care services and support, the WLGA has said today. A recent survey by Carers Wales shows that increasing demand for... read more

Wednesday, 05 December 2018 Categories: News Social Services

Working together to improve outcomes for children

At a conference hosted by Welsh Government in Llandrindod Wells today based on ‘Improving Outcomes for Children’, professionals within children’s social care came together to discuss the range of challenges facing the sector. Attending the... read more

Thursday, 15 November 2018 Categories: News Social Services

‘Prevention is always better than a cure’- WLGA and ADSS call for preventative services funding in Draft Budget

Ahead of Welsh Government’s budget due to be published on Tuesday 2nd October 2018, the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) and the Association of Directors of Social Services Cymru (ADSSC) are urging the government to ensure appropriate... read more

Monday, 01 October 2018 Categories: Finance and Resources News Social Services

Children's Services in Wales at 'breaking point’ and need urgent investment

As Assembly Members return from their summer recess ready to scrutinise the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget for the next fiscal year, a stark warning has been made to them by local government social care professionals, in a bid to highlight the... read more

Monday, 17 September 2018 Categories: News Social Services

£344m needed for social care by 2021-22

Current funding arrangements from Welsh Government will not cover the expected increases in cost and demand facing social care, the Welsh Local Government Association warns today. A joint report by WLGA and ADSS to the National Assembly for... read more

Thursday, 19 April 2018 Categories: News Social Services

WLGA responds to £163m health boards overspend

Responding to Welsh health boards’ combined overspend of £163m at the end of this financial year Councillor Huw David (Bridgend), WLGA Spokesperson for Social Care said: “The NHS is rightly incredibly valued by everyone in Wales, and is an... read more

Tuesday, 03 April 2018 Categories: News Social Services

WLGA welcomes Parliamentary Review report on health and social care

WLGA welcomes the publication of the Parliamentary Review Report on health and social care. The review has taken a whole systems approach to assessing how health and social care systems might deliver improved health and well-being outcomes for... read more

Tuesday, 16 January 2018 Categories: News Social Services

WLGA Press Statement on R (on the application of Forge Care Homes Ltd and others) (Appellants) v Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and others (Respondents) [2017] UKSC 56 On appeal from [2016] EWCA Civ 26

In responding to today’s Supreme Court Judgment, the final ruling in relation to Funded Nursing Care (FNC), the WLGA is satisfied the parties involved can now move forward on the outcome. This case represents complex and challenging issues brought... read more

Thursday, 03 August 2017 Categories: Finance and Resources News Social Services

WLGA calls for Social Services investment

The WLGA is calling for more funding for health and social care, in the wake of a new report published recently focusing on spending in the field since the onset of austerity. The report by Wales Public Services highlights that per capita... read more

Thursday, 09 March 2017 Categories: Finance and Resources Local Democracy and Governance News Social Services

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