Care England, the leading voice of adult social care providers in England, has issued an urgent call to action regarding the financial challenges facing the…
Read more...As families across the UK face the difficult decision of finding care for their elderly loved ones, an emotional toll is being borne disproportionately by…
Read more...Care England, has announced the establishment of the Working Age Adult Policy Board, a significant step in strengthening advocacy and shaping policy for one of…
Read more...MPs have overturned an exemption for adult social care providers from the forthcoming increase in employer national insurance contributions (NICs), in what sector leaders have…
Read more...Social care experts at the University of Birmingham have launched a series of guides and a training video to improve support for older people, families…
Read more...Around Global Recycling Day (Tuesday 18th March), more than 40 Care UK homes will launch the pilot scheme for Generations of Change. This brings together…
Read more...There is a growing mental health crisis in Scotland’s unpaid carer population – this is the message from Carers Scotland in ‘State of Caring in…
Read more...Efforts to deliver one of the government’s major NHS priorities to shift more care into the community will need to be boosted by targeted capital…
Read more...A new report launched by the independent national charity, Community Integrated Care, today (Wednesday 12th March) exposes a persistent pay gap between social care support…
Read more...An investigation has uncovered a link between “rock bottom” care home fees and bed blocking in Welsh hospitals. The research was conducted by social care…
Read more...The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has published a landmark report summarising key insights from a series of roundtable discussions on the future of adult social…
Read more...Hospice UK has welcomed the announcement of the allocation of the first £25m of additional government funding for the hospice sector in England, following the…
Read more...UNISON has told the government that it needs to move faster in reforming adult social care, general secretary Christina McAnea has said. Ms McAnea was…
Read more...The UK’s social care sector is facing a deepening crisis, with warnings that unfunded cost increases could lead to fewer people receiving the support they…
Read more...The House of Lords has voted in favour of exempting the health and social care sector from the upcoming National Insurance increase, which is due…
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