The Government has been accused of paying lip service to social care in today’s Queen’s Speech, betraying hundreds of thousands of older and vulnerable people who cannot get the care they need, care campaigners say.
Read more...Care England, the largest representative body of independent adult social care providers, has expressed its disappointment that meaningful social care reform, a very live issue, has been kicked into the long grass again.
Read more...Motorway service area (MSA) provider Roadchef has pledged to transfer up to £40,000 of its annual apprenticeship levy funds to other businesses to support them in developing their employees
Read more...Care provider for the Jewish community, Nightingale Hammerson have announced that their new establishment, Hammerson House will open its doors today to new residents. The new care home
Read more...High-scoring basketball fans at a Dorset care home played like champions to honour the memory of Sir Captain Tom Moore.
Read more...Access Social Care, a charity providing free legal advice for people with social care needs, has today released their inaugural State of the Nation report which reveals that demand for social care needs assessment advice
Read more...New Age UK analysis finds that the experience of living through the fear, enforced isolation and inactivity caused by the pandemic has sharply accelerated the care needs of significant numbers of older people.
Read more...New figures reveal the difficulties facing England’s social care sector before the pandemic, with more people requesting support but fewer getting the help they needed. The data puts further pressure
Read more...Hugh Myddelton House in Southgate marked the anniversary of VE Day in style by throwing a 1940s afternoon tea party to remember. The home was decorated in red, white and blue and residents
Read more...The Covid-19 outbreak gave long-time cabbie Ian the final push he needed to embark on a new career in adult social care and he has never looked back.
Read more...Failure to act on securing the future of adult social care as we emerge from the pandemic will be a ‘bitter blow’ to the millions of people who draw on and work in these vital services
Read more...One of Northamptonshire’s oldest residents has celebrated her 105th birthday at a local care home.
Phyllis Hunt celebrated her birthday with an afternoon tea party at Thorndale care home in Kettering.
Read more...With mounting pressure on the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to make good his promise of social care reform at the State Opening of Parliament on 11th May, the National Care Forum (NCF)
Read more...A London School of Economics-led commission has called on the government to introduce a Dilnot-style cap on care costs of £75,000, and to put 1p on income tax, national insurance
Read more...A survey commissioned to mark the Local Elections by Dimensions UK, one of the largest not-for-profit providers of support for people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs
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