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Read all the latest adult services stories as soon as they're published.en-gbReed Business Information, 2006Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:34:00 GMT60http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/30/115014/councils-planning-for-40-adult-care-cuts-says-adass-head.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/30/115014/councils-planning-for-40-adult-care-cuts-says-adass-head.htmlSome councils are considering cuts of up to 40% to adult services due to demographic pressures and expected government spending limits, Adass president Richard Jones (left), has said.Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:34:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/29/115010/scottish-government-urged-to-protect-social-care-from-cuts.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/29/115010/scottish-government-urged-to-protect-social-care-from-cuts.htmlThe Scottish government has been urged to ensure social care does not suffer from its pledge to protect NHS spending from cuts over the next four years.Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:29:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/29/115001/dh-shunts-50m-from-social-care-to-fund-cancer-drugs.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/29/115001/dh-shunts-50m-from-social-care-to-fund-cancer-drugs.htmlThe government has shunted £50m earmarked by Labour to finance personal care at home to increase access to cancer drugs.Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:17:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/29/115007/free-personal-care-here-to-stay-says-scottish-government.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/29/115007/free-personal-care-here-to-stay-says-scottish-government.htmlThe Scottish government is insisting it will preserve its free personal care policy for older people - rejecting the recommendations of an independent review of public expenditure in the country.Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:12:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/29/115005/free-personal-care-hard-to-justify-finds-scottish-review.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/29/115005/free-personal-care-hard-to-justify-finds-scottish-review.htmlFree personal care for older people in Scotland is "hard to justify", according to an independent review of public expenditure in the country.Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:11:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114992/disabled-back-to-work-scheme-work-choice-will-go-ahead.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114992/disabled-back-to-work-scheme-work-choice-will-go-ahead.htmlThe government confirmed today it would go ahead with Work Choice, the specialist employment scheme for disabled people, ending months of speculation.Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:21:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114973/outsourcing-adult-care-for-and-against.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114973/outsourcing-adult-care-for-and-against.htmlSouthern Cross Healthcare's Jamie Buchan and Unison's Helga Pile explain their opposing views on outsourcing adult social care Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:43:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114971/essex-cares-combines-private-and-public-sector-know-how.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114971/essex-cares-combines-private-and-public-sector-know-how.htmlEssex Council is combining public and private sector expertise to deliver services through a local authority trading company. Mark Hunter reports on the "third way" model of care Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:40:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114994/conservative-think-tank-urges-nhs-takeover-of-care-funding.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114994/conservative-think-tank-urges-nhs-takeover-of-care-funding.htmlCouncils should lose responsibility to the NHS for long-term care funding to reduce costs, a think-tank close to the prime minister said today.Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:37:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114983/gscc-to-be-scrapped.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114983/gscc-to-be-scrapped.htmlThe General Social Care Council is to be scrapped as part of a government review of quangos. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:47:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114989/role-of-the-health-professions-council-and-changes-to-quangos.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114989/role-of-the-health-professions-council-and-changes-to-quangos.htmlThe Health Professions Council regulates 15 health workforces and was set up in 2001.Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:43:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114990/what-gscc-abolition-could-mean-for-social-workers.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114990/what-gscc-abolition-could-mean-for-social-workers.htmlThe abolition of the General Social Care Council will have far-reaching implications for social care and social workers, including the cost of registration, regulation of professionals and training.Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:39:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114968/councils-weigh-up-future-of-in-house-adult-care-services.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/27/114968/councils-weigh-up-future-of-in-house-adult-care-services.htmlCost-cutting and personalisation are forcing councils to rethink their adult care services provision which could see social care staff working in new organisations. Jeremy Dunning looks at the options Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:03:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/26/114988/adass-reorganises-to-meet-adult-care-policy-challenges.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/26/114988/adass-reorganises-to-meet-adult-care-policy-challenges.html The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has reorganised itself to respond to the current policy and economic challenges facing adult social...Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:59:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/26/114980/coalition-to-decide-whether-ilf-has-a-future-this-year.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/26/114980/coalition-to-decide-whether-ilf-has-a-future-this-year.htmlThe government will decide whether the Independent Living Fund has a future later this year after disability minister Maria Miller lambasted the Labour administration's handling of the UK-wide care funding agencyMon, 26 Jul 2010 11:16:00 GMT