Care homes across the UK are being urged to activate their heatwave plans as the Met Office warns that temperatures could reach the mid-30s Celsius on Thursday, prompting concern for the wellbeing of older and vulnerable residents.
Read more...Council leaders across England are being urged to unite behind calls for urgent national reform of adult social care, as new analysis reveals stark differences in what happens to people seeking care and support depending on where they live.
Read more...One in six UK hospital beds is currently occupied by a person with dementia, at a cost to the taxpayer of £2.8 billion annually, with this number set to increase to one in four by 2040, according to a new report by UCL researchers.
Read more...Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to fix England’s broken social care system, announcing an accelerated timetable for the National Care Service commission and a new cross-party push…
Read more...The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has welcomed the publication of the Care Workers’ guide to CQC, a new resource on the Care Quality Commission’s website co-produced with care workers from CWC’s Care Worker Advisory Board and Champions Project.
Read more...As the government shapes the future of adult social care through the Casey Commission and plans for a National Care Service, new research has highlighted stark inequalities in the way people access and navigate the care system.
Read more...The Care About Care campaign, run by the grassroots coalition Providers Unite, has launched two new campaign tools today to help maintain political pressure on new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to honour his promises to reform social care.
Read more...Andy Burnham has used his first days in Downing Street to reopen the debate over how a national care service for England should be funded, suggesting that tax increases may be unavoidable if the government is to deliver a system that matches the ambitions long championed by care sector campaigners.
Read more...Councils across the country recorded an overspend of £715 million on adult social care last year, according to the latest annual survey from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services…
Read more...A damning report from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has revealed that nearly £10 billion of public money was squandered on personal protective equipment during the pandemic…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today published a report titled Local Authority Assessments 2023–2026: Emerging Themes and Findings drawing together findings from the first-ever national programme…
Read more...Baroness Louise Casey of Blackstock used a major speech to local government leaders to warn that we must resist the temptation to attempt major reform of adult social care…
Read more...The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for councils to remain at the heart of adult social care reform, arguing that lasting change should be nationally…
Read more...The Health and Social Care Committee has urged the next Prime Minister to confirm that full proposals to fix adult social care should be published before 2028…
Read more...A national grassroots movement representing thousands of care workers and service users has written to a newly elected MP, urging them to use their parliamentary platform to drive long-overdue reform of the social care system.
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