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The social care sector is at breaking point. Without an urgent injection of £2 billion in funding, the impact of the 2025 budget could devastate services nationwide. 🛑 Providers are already struggling. 🛑 1 in 5 care services is at risk of collapse. 🛑 This will put even more pressure on the NHS. Social care enables people to live safe, fulfilled lives in their communities. It’s time for the government to prioritize its future. We stand together to demand action. Share to spread the word! #ProvidersUnite #SaveSocialCare Providers Unite

Mixed news for the #SocialCare sector in the Autumn Budget! Critical funding gaps have not received enough attention. While the government provided some additional funding to social care, from what we understand so far, this has not been ringfenced to encourage investment in much-needed preventative technology which can stem the flow of pressure to other front-line services. The reality is that #AdultSocialCare is still facing a massive £2.2 billion shortfall as highlighted by Care England recently. The £600 million in new grant funding for social care, while welcome, falls far short of what's needed to stabilise the sector. As our CEO Richard Keyse stated, "the opportunity to move to a safer, proactive, and preventative solution is fast being lost." The care crisis won't be solved overnight, but the #AutumnBudget was a missed opportunity for the government to take bold, transformative action. Our vulnerable older population deserves so much better. #TechnologyEnabledCare

📢 Shared Lives is part of a £20m funding boost, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced today. In their announcement, the government said: 'While the care sector has been innovating for decades, sometimes impactful innovations can remain on the margins, rather than becoming the mainstream way of delivering care and support.' ☝️This has undeniably been the story for Shared Lives ever since PSS UK's Sue Newton created the model of community care back in 1978. In the 45 years since then, over 150 providers have built up an incredible network of 9,000 Shared Lives carers, which are now championed by the national membership body Shared Lives Plus. We're delighted to read that around half of those Shared Lives providers will be receiving much-needed funding to widen a form of community care like Shared Lives that: 🟢 The Care Quality Commission named the 'best' and 'safest' form of care throughout the pandemic 🟢 Can save between £8,000 and £30,000 per person in comparison to supported living or residential care (source: Shared Lives Plus State of the Sector Report 2022/2023) 🟢 Gives Shared Lives carers and the people they support the chance to live happy, hopeful and fulfilling lives ⭐️ Today is fantastic news for Shared Lives as a model of care. If you'd like more people to know about it, especially today, then we'd love it if you could share this post with your network 🔗 Learn more in the comments #SharedLives #CommunityCare #AcceleratingReformFund #SocialCareReform

Exciting news - #Congress has negotiated a funding #deal and it includes funding Community Health Centers! Now they need to pass it - by this Friday, March 8! If you contacted your congressperson to advocate for this health center #funding, thank you! If you haven't yet had a chance, please take time today - our Wednesday Health Center Day of Action - to reach out and get this funding across the finish line! Your US House Representative and Senators need to hear that this funding bill deserves their vote; you could even remind them how many of their constituents rely on #communityhealthcenters for care. For instance, last year Community Health Centers served 31.5 million patients in urban, suburban, rural, frontier, and island communities in every state and territory. This translates to 1 in 11 Americans across over 1,400 health centers at nearly 15,000 locations. I think we can all agree, these are not insignificant numbers. Will you be part of the final push and call your members of Congress today to let them know that thousands of their constituents depend on a #bipartisan, long-term funding for health centers? If so, check out the link here: https://lnkd.in/g5_z2ZJe #valuechcs #healthcenters #fqhcs

A shared message urging decision makers to support funding of social care that will sustain this vital sector! 'We will not fall silent… we need funding now! Our strength lies in our shared commitment to safeguarding the future of adult care services and ensuring the voices of providers are heard at every level of government. It’s time to fully fund social care; our NHS depends on it. To #savesocialcare from collapse, we need £2 billion more in funding. Annually, the social care sector contributes £68.1 billion to the economy, and is vital part of Britain’s healthcare infrastructure – without it, there will be more strain on NHS services. Be it residential care, supported living, extra-care, homecare or specialist support, our social care is vital to enable people live the life they want to live, safe and well in their own community.' #ProvidersUnite #SaveSocialCare #KICA Rt Hon Rachel Reeves Keir Starmer The Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP Care England Nadra Ahmed CBE DL 💚

The number of hospital discharge delays for people who should be in social care is skyrocketing by the day, putting a severe strain on NHS investments. Recent research shows that the lags are now 15% higher than they were a few years ago. The biggest contributor to this challenge is the lack of sufficient adult social care. To solve this issue, the government must invest in social care to ensure that people who are needlessly in hospital transition to social care. This will leave room for those who may require emergency care in hospitals. Check out more on that here: https://bit.ly/3K5QKqH #HospitalDischargeDelays #NHSInvestments #AdultSocialCare

Explore innovative social work-led interventions for patients experiencing homelessness (PEH) in this insightful publication by several #CUDHM team members. They discuss: 🏥 Embedding specialty social work programs in healthcare systems to address PEH needs. 🗣️ Ensuring flexibility for team members to engage with patients and community partners in community settings. 🏠 Implementing interventions that not only link PEH with housing but also provide broader benefits. Read more to understand how these programs can transform patient care. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4c1Ss80

Be it homecare, supported living, or residential care, social care supports millions of people across the UK. But the 2025 budget risks leaving them without vital services. 📉 The sector urgently needs £2 billion more in funding to survive. 📉 Without it, providers will collapse, jobs will be lost, and vulnerable people will be left without support. Social care is a lifeline for so many, and its collapse would have ripple effects across communities and the NHS. Let’s unite and #SaveSocialCare! Share this post to raise awareness and demand change. #ProvidersUnite Providers Unite

Advocates for Community Health led over 550 health care organizations in urging Congress to reauthorize the Community Health Center Fund (CHCF) in an end-of-year funding package, at a minimum of $5.8 billion per year for at least three years. In a letter delivered to Congressional leaders today, national, state, and local organizations representing all 50 U.S. states and territories outlined the critical need for a robust funding increase for the CHCF, which is set to expire on December 31, 2024, to meet the record-breaking patient volumes and unprecedented financial challenges that health centers are facing. The signers of the letter expressed concerns about the insufficient federal funding to address the increasing needs of communities amidst mental health, substance abuse, and maternal health crises, as well as local emergencies like hurricanes, wildfires, and tornadoes. While acknowledging a recent short-term funding increase, the group emphasized the importance of a long-term reauthorization, which has not been enacted since 2019. “Health centers simply can no longer do more with less and cannot operate in legislative cycles of uncertainty,” said ACH Chief Executive Officer Amanda Pears Kelly. “These actions have a severe and long-term impact on our nation’s communities, the hundreds of thousands of employees working in health centers, and the health and wellbeing of the patients they serve.” Read the press release: https://hubs.li/Q02QjQNK0 📑 Senator Alex Padilla Laphonza Butler Scott Peters Darrell Issa #CHCs #ValueCHCs #communityhealth #healthcenters #primarycare #healthpolicy #Congress #healthcare #healthequity #FQHC #healthcarefunding #healthfunding #advocacy #SanYsidroHealth #SYHealth #CHCs4CA

Advocates for Community Health is gravely concerned that progress on the continuing resolution and year-end package has stalled and urges congressional leaders to find a solution to the current impasse. The legislative package now on hold contains two years of mandatory funding for community health centers. We urge Congress to include this provision for health centers in any package that is ultimately voted on. "This ongoing uncertainty, and the threat of a government shutdown, is dire for non-profit community health centers that depend on predictability and consistency with their grant funding to serve their patients and work with extremely thin budget margins,” said ACH CEO Amanda Pears Kelly. “There is very little room for error, particularly given the many other financial challenges that health centers are facing, and Congress’s inaction could mean some health centers have to shut down for good. Rural and underserved communities already have few options for care, and this would put them in an impossible position.” Read our statement: Ongoing Uncertainty and Threat of Government Shutdown is Dire for Community Health Centers | Advocates for Community Health https://hubs.li/Q030fV2p0 #FQHCs #ContinuingResolution #Healthcare