Over 2,000 care professionals and senior management teams attended UK Care week 2023, with 38% decision makers and 32% with influence on decisions. Workforce and…
Read more...The National Care Forum (NCF) – the leading association for not-for-profit social care and support organisations – is calling on the government to honour its…
Read more...The Committee’s report into new partnerships aimed at delivering joined-up health and care services is calling for the Government and NHS England to address key…
Read more...• Rate paid to care homes for NHS-funded nursing care (FNC) to rise by 5% for 2023 to 2024 • Standard weekly rate per person eligible…
Read more...Dame Caroline Dinenage, Member of Parliament for Gosport and Former Minister of State at the Department of Health & Social Care, hosted a Westminster Hall…
Read more...Barchester Healthcare is celebrating after fighting off stiff competition to land another internationally-recognised award for demonstrating high health and safety standards. Barchester Healthcare has once…
Read more...Almost one billion prescription items were dispensed electronically in the last 12 months, with less than 1 in 20 still paper-based. The Electronic Prescription Service…
Read more...Local health chiefs are warning that the increase in costs of essential food items and energy has created a ‘second health emergency’ after the COVID-19…
Read more...Surrey Choices have launched a new initiative called ‘Time to Talk’ for disabled people. These are group discussions to combat depression, anxiety, thoughts of loneliness…
Read more...Primary care leaders are calling for honesty with the public about what can be delivered with current levels of resourcing, as they outline their priorities…
Read more...Responding to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget, Dr Emma Runswick, BMA council deputy chair, said: “When patients are suffering record waits for care and the…
Read more...Care England has welcomed the new research from the University of Birmingham and the rights-based organisation Changing Our Lives, ‘Why are we stuck in hospital?’,…
Read more...A first-of-its-kind free guide that helps patients and carers to take greater control of their healthcare and improve their safety has been launched, today (7…
Read more...A far-reaching audit of the quality of NHS Parkinson’s care – the most comprehensive analysis since before the pandemic – has revealed that people with…
Read more...The country’s health and social care system is in “gridlock, which is harming patients and can only be fixed by long-term funding and technology-driven innovations…
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