Care providers could be left with an estimated £400m bill if the Supreme Court overturns an appeal on social care sleep-in pay, according to law firm Royds Withy King.
Read more...A report from the National Audit Office (NAO) finds that while effective action from government has assisted local authorities in surviving financially
Read more...A CARE HOME has pulled out all the stops to celebrate St Patrick’s Day this year with a full themed week of activities for residents to enjoy.
Read more...Residents at River Court care home, in Hertfordshire, have been keeping connected with young people at a time when social isolation has increased
Read more...A council has been accused of adding “insult to injury” by paying its own staff up to £2,200 more a year than they are willing to shell out for carers doing
Read more...Residents at Colten Care homes across the south have been ‘Zooming’ in on creative companionship to keep spirits up during lockdown.
Read more...Unpaid carers who are not known to health and care services and therefore have not been called forward for the COVID-19 vaccine now have a route
Read more...Cygnet Health Care today announces the launch of a video campaign called #ihadthevaccine to urge ethnic minority communities to have the Covid vaccine.
Read more...NHS services will be put in a perilous position at the start of the “recovery phase” of the pandemic unless the Chancellor urgently provides financial certainty to NHS organisations this week.
Read more...Providers need help during pandemic
CARE providers today urged the Government not to turn its back on care providers and to keep providing support at a crucial time in the fight against Covid-19.
Read more...Lincolnshire County Council has agreed to refund some people it charged for short-term residential care following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.
Read more...There were celebrations at Fremantle Court care home in Aylesbury this weekend to mark the 104th birthday of Phyllis Williams. Phyllis, who was born in 1917
Read more...For residents at Magnolia Court Care home in Golders Green, the long awaited reunion with one family member has become a reality, as one single named visitor
Read more...A former cruise ship entertainer seeking a new lease of life in social care is the latest recruit at a family-run South East care group – joining at a time its own virtual world cruise docks in India.
Read more...Throughout March, staff at Brendoncare Froxfield are cycling 4,000 miles on an exercise bike to enable them to travel the equivalent distance of Froxfield to Fargo in United States.
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