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Adult social care news

• Your Day, Your Say – Adult Social Care Day Centre Consultation

  ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ City Council is launching a consultation today on the future of its adult social care day centres.

  Published 7th May 2024.

• Public consultation on ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ libraries starts today

  People in ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ are being invited to help shape the future of the library ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ in the city through a public consultation which includes online and in-person engagements.

  Published 4th April 2024.

• Six million pounds for care providers to support hospital discharge

  Funding of over £6 million is to be handed to care providers to help support people being discharged from hospital.

  Published 17th January 2023.

• More than 7,000 vulnerable people receiving weekly food parcels

  More than 7,000 clinically vulnerable people across ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ are receiving a weekly food parcel as part of the emergency response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

  

  Published 28th April 2020.

• How older people are dancing to health

  A pioneering project that helps with falls prevention in older people through dance is to be extended across the city thanks to a grant from ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ City Council.

  

  Published 9th March 2020.

• £300,000 awarded to ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ for Childhood Obesity Trailblazer Programme

  ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ has been announced as one of five Trailblazer Authorities that will lead innovative action in the local community to tackle childhood obesity as part of a three year programme.

  Published 25th June 2019.

• Enablement service redesign business case withdrawn

  A report on the council's Enablement Service went before Cabinet today (22 May), with members agreeing a series of recommendations including the withdrawal of a business case to redesign the service.

  Published 22nd May 2019.

• Enablement service update

  A report setting out proposed improvements to the city council's enablement service is to go before cabinet

  

  Published 21st January 2019.

• Working together to tackle domestic abuse

  Councillor Paulette Hamilton, cabinet member for health and social care, talks about why tackling domestic abuse is everyone’s business.

  Published 6th February 2018.

• Rough sleeper count

  Around 50 volunteers took part in last night’s annual count of rough sleepers, checking ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ city centre and areas across the city.

  

  Published 23rd November 2017.

• Health Secretary urged to release critical funds as winter approaches

  Council leaders across the West Midlands, including ´ºÓêÖ±²¥, have written to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt calling on NHS England to release funds for essential social care ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ ahead of winter.

  Published 21st September 2017.