Category Archives: Adult Social Care

Selhurst Park business workshop on safeguarding, Jul 5

Posted on July 1, 2017 by insidecroydon

Crystal Palace football club is putting its weight behind a drive to encourage local organisations to keep children and vulnerable adults in Croydon safe from harm or abuse. Teaming up with Croydon’s multi-agency adults’ and children’s safeguarding boards and Croydon … Continue reading →

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Talking about adult social care, council offices, Mar 9

Posted on February 14, 2017 by insidecroydon
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Newman demands same treatment as in Surrey’s ‘secret deal’

Posted on February 9, 2017 by insidecroydon

Tony Newman, the leader of Croydon Council, has added his name to a round-robin from dozens of Labour-run local authorities demanding that they should receive the same sort of preferential treatment which the Tory government has given to Conservative-run Surrey … Continue reading →

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Adult social care ‘on brink of collapse’ due to Brexit uncertainty

Posted on February 9, 2017 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s NHS and social care system, already under extreme strain due to underfunding from central government, could be on the brink of complete collapse because staff, many of them EU nationals, face an uncertain future after Brexit. The warning is … Continue reading →

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Tory cuts force Newman to increase Council Tax by 4.3%

Posted on February 1, 2017 by insidecroydon

With 14 months to go until the next local elections, this year’s council budget has fired the starting gun on the Town Hall political campaign. WALTER CRONXITE reports on a Labour gamble to hint at no local tax increases above … Continue reading →

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Tories’ social care announcement will force Council Tax rise

Posted on December 16, 2016 by insidecroydon

In a quick break during last night’s everlasting planning committee meeting, WALTER CRONXITE crunched some numbers for the next round of Council Tax, and finds the Labour-run authority has been boxed into a vote-losing corner Theresa May’s Tory Government has … Continue reading →

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Free screening of NHS film Sell Off, Wallington, Oct 13

Posted on October 4, 2016 by insidecroydon

Keep Our St Helier Hospital is staging a free screening of the acclaimed documentary, Sell Off, followed by a discussion in Wallington next Thursday, October 13. They say, “St Helier Hospital is under imminent threat of closure, and our NHS … Continue reading →

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Refuge accused of failing to support vulnerable women

Posted on June 10, 2016 by insidecroydon

Croydon has been paying up to £26,000 per month to a housing “trust” which has provided sub-standard, dilapidated accommodation in a hostel for vulnerable women in the borough, apparently without the council checking that proper support services were being provided. … Continue reading →

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Council spends £20m on agency cover for social workers

Posted on May 6, 2016 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council still has a long way to go if it is to make the £100 million austerity cuts required by the Conservative Government, after it was reported this week that it will make savings of £3.3 million from making … Continue reading →

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Peacock lands Town Hall top job for social care and housing

Posted on May 3, 2016 by insidecroydon

Barbara Peacock, a former senior council employee, has landed the executive director job in charge of education, housing and social care in the borough, the council announced this morning. Peacock will succeed Paul Greenhalgh as “executive director, people”, when he … Continue reading →

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Croydon Adult Social Care sessions, Arnhem Gallery, Mar 16

Posted on March 3, 2016 by insidecroydon

This is your chance to hear about the adult care services that matter most to you and to help develop services by sharing your ideas and experiences with the decision-makers.

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