Familiar Faces and Help Before a Crisis: SERVE Welcomes Neighbourhood Care Plans

Familiar faces and help before a crisis: SERVE welcomes neighbourhood care plans

Northamptonshire charity calls for councils, NHS and community organisations to turn national plans into practical support for local families

UK Home Care Plans Aim to Give Older People Familiar Carers

Thousands of older and vulnerable people who receive care at home could soon see the same care workers more regularly under new government plans to reorganise home care services around…

Councils to be urged to commission home care by neighbourhood

Councils will be encouraged to organise home care around smaller neighbourhoods under Government plans to give people more consistent care.

Government announces plans for more personalised social care

Government announces plans for more personalised social care Polly Jones 12 November, 2026 Government announces plans for more personalised social care 12 November, 2026 The government has announced plans for more personalised support from familiar carers for people who receive care at home.It is hoped that people will see the same carer more regularly, so they can get to know needs and spot changes sooner. Furthermore, care workers will spend l…

Neighbourhood-based care plans aim to deliver more consistent home support

Councils will be encouraged to adopt neighbourhood-based home care models under new government plans designed to improve continuity of care, reduce carer travel time and support the development of a National Care Service.

DHSC pushes for neighbourhood care commissioning

Most councils  "are already moving towards" the government's preferred local neighbourhood approach for commissioning care, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Care (Adass) said as it endorsed the announcement. The Department of Health & Social Care today announced that people receiving care at home… The post DHSC pushes for neighbourhood care commissioning appeared first on Local Government Chronicle (LGC).