Women Carry The Emotional Burden Of Elderly Care Decisions
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...
Adult Social Care
Care England Launches Dedicated Policy Board to Champion Working-Age Adults in Social Care
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...
House of Commons NIC Vote Deals Devastating Blow to Social Care Sector
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...
National Guides Launched To Help Older People, Families And Staff When Care Homes Close
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...
Care UK Launches Generations of Change
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...
Carers Scotland Calls For Urgent Action To Tackle Scotland’s Growing Mental Health Crisis For Unpaid Carers
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...
Shift To Community Care May Be ‘Unachievable’ Without More Capital Investment
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...
Investing in Care Worker Pay is a Win For The Economy and the NHS – Says New Report
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...
Investigation Reveals Bed Blocking Crisis In NHS Made Worse By “Rock Bottom” Care Home Fees
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...New Report Highlights Urgent Need for Reform in Social Care
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...
First £25m Of Hospice Funding Allocated
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...
“Move Faster” on Social Care Reform Government Urged
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...
Social Care Crisis Looms as Unfunded Costs Threaten Access to Vital Services
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...
House of Lords Votes to Exempt Health and Social Care from National Insurance Increase
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…
Read more...
The Carer Editor Peter Adams Joins Sector Leaders at Providers Unite Day of Action
As the Providers Unite Day of Action reaches Parliament, The Carer editor Peter Adams has been marching alongside other community care and support providers from…
Read more...