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What’s more the £600m is to be shared with children’s services, as far as anyone knows

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Agree, that’s what happened last year. But it would be very odd for money announced in the DHSC settlement to be shared out with DfE?

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That’s true but so where is the funding and frankly where is the conversation about providers in the children’s social care sector where the impact is the same in terms of it being unavoidable to compensate providers or risk provider failure, particularly in not-for-profits.

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And then what is left for ASC. with the disbursement between OP and WAA is never fairly apportioned, as LA commissioners have discretion on where it goes.

Evidence is that OP services get a disproportionately higher amount as it supports hospital discharge.

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Though care packages are smaller and there is more unmet need among older people

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