The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Training & Development Forum 2016 returns to the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, on 5-7 October with the…
Read more...‘Towards a new age: The future of the UK welfare state’ argues that governments are ‘sowing the seeds of the welfare state’s demise’ by failing…
Read more...Age UK and Carers UK call on the Government to make all jobs flexible by default as a new report reveals the significant impact caring…
Read more...A Healthcare Assistant working at The Links care home in Broadstone, Poole raised more than £300.00 by walking 26.2 miles when she participated in The…
Read more...New Prime Minister Theresa May’s government needs urgently to get to grips with the unprecedented crisis enveloping social care, the Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA)…
Read more...TEENAGERS from Middlesbrough Football Club’s National Citizenship Service (NCS) are spending the new few weeks volunteering at care homes across Teesside. The volunteers, all aged…
Read more...Poor integration in local services is resulting in older people losing out on personalised, effective and responsive care, across according to the Care Quality Commission…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Society is urging families across the country to spend time together to tackle the biggest health issue of our time. By joining your local…
Read more...Springhill Care Group is calling on care professionals and providers to join the Caring Heroes pledge and encourage awareness of the great unseen work being…
Read more...World’s first accessible German beach chair donated to disabled people’s charity by Lower Saxony with the German National Tourist Office The world’s first and only…
Read more...A new way for care professionals to purchase telecare and telehealth products and services has been launched by ESPO, the UK’s leading professional buying organisation…
Read more...Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have secured better engagement from GPs than previous forms of commissioning but still face numerous barriers to putting power in doctors’…
Read more...29% of retired over 60s say they have more disposable income than they thought However, a quarter of retired over 60s are still helping children…
Read more...Carers UK warns that without urgent and significant investment in social care, the consequences for families, the NHS and the viability of care providers are…
Read more...Charging residents extra council tax to pay for social care has failed to raise enough money to cover the cost of the new National Living…
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