Local authorities spent £21.2 billion on adult social care in 2020-21, statistics published today by NHS Digital show. The Adult Social Care Activity and Finance…
Read more...For the first time since the start of the pandemic, residents at a Hamilton care home have been able to get their dancing shoes on and enjoy live entertainment at a summer garden party.
Read more...Ice cream cones and candy floss were on the menu at an Atherton care home as it held a ‘Blackpool’ themed day for residents.
Read more...UNISON and the National Care Forum (NCF) have written jointly to Sajid Javid today (Thursday October 21) calling for urgent action over the staffing crisis engulfing the care sector.
Read more...Badgers Wood Care Home has welcomed youngsters from a local intergenerational friendship charity for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Read more...North Yorkshire County Council has been criticised by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman after a family’s care bill leapt from hundreds to thousands
Read more...Providers urge quicker action for residents and staff
The slow delivery of Covid-19 booster vaccines to care and nursing home residents and staff risks a surge in new cases in care settings
Read more...57% of care sector professionals attending a recent employment law webinar have experienced significant disruptions in their organisation as a result of staff missing the…
Read more...Hallmark Care Homes has launched an initiative where a visit from a musician can be prescribed to support people living with dementia.
Read more...A Hertfordshire care home was turned into a petting zoo for the day as residents welcomed a variety of exotic and interesting creatures to promote and stimulate mental wellbeing.
Read more...AN EDINBURGH care home has been praised for its tailored approach to providing care and high standards of service at an industry award ceremony.
Read more...The National Care Forum (NCF) together with The Outstanding Managers Network surveyed registered managers of care services to ascertain the full extent of the challenges
Read more...The family of a WWII veteran is raising money for the charity which cared for him in the final years of his life.
Read more...The Achieve together team at Roseville House, a residential service that supports adults with autism spectrum conditions, learning disabilities and additional complex
Read more...Care England, has made its views known about making vaccination a condition of deployment in the health and wider social care sector highlighting its concerns
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