Chancellor To Increase Social Care Spending
A “significant real terms funding increase” for local government next year has been promised by chancellor Rachel Reeves in today’s Budget (30 October). This will…
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Sector Responds To CQC’s Report On The State Of Health Care And Adult Social Care In England
Sector leaders and organisations have today responded to the care Quality Commissions (CQC) state of health care and adult social care in England report which…
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CQC Warns of Care Inequalities and Two Tier Heath System
The CQC has published its annual assessment of the state of health and social care in England. The State of the Care report highlights inequalities…
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Tragedy as Three People Dead After Emergency Incident at Dorset Care Home
Three people have died following an emergency incident at a care home in Swanage Dorset. Residents were evacuated from Gainsborough Care Home in Ulwell Road…
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Bridgepoint Announces Sale Of Care UK
Bridgepoint has announced that it had sold Care UK, a provider of residential care for older people to the public and private sectors. On the…
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Ministerial Visit To NCF Members Dimensions And Optalis
Care Minister, Stephen Kinnock MP paid a ministerial visit to NCF Members Dimensions and Optalis at the Wokingham borough. On his visit, the Minister took…
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CQC Responds To Reviews By Dr Penny Dash And Professor Sir Mike Richards
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has welcomed 2 important reviews that will help to set the future direction for CQC: the final report of Dr…
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Urgent Turnaround Of CQC Required As “Significant Failures” Revealed
A major review into the CQC has confirmed ‘significant failings’ in the way the watchdog operates, a report has revealed. The Department of Health and…
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The Sector Reacts To New Skills For Care Workforce Report
Leading figures and organisations across the adult social care sector have reacted to this week’s Skills for Care Report which reveals huge challenges in recruiting…
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‘Work With Us to Solve Care Crisis’ – Campaigner’s Plea to Care Minister
CAMPAIGNER Mike Padgham urged Social Care Minister Stephen Kinnock to work with providers to tackle the ongoing crisis in social care when they met yesterday….
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CQC Sets Out “Re-Building Trust” In Regulation Programme
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is taking steps to rebuild trust in its regulation. In July this year a damning interim report from a government-commissioned…
Read more...Torrent Of Bad News Sparks Warning As Government Urged To Tackle Growing Care Crisis
A torrent of bad news on social care today (September 27) sends a bleak weather warning to the Government on the urgent need for reform,…
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2 Million Older People Now Have Some Unmet Need For Social Care
New analysis carried out by Age UK has found that 2 million older people in England are now living with some unmet need for social…
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Government Set To Engage With Social Care Sector Over Fair Pay Agreement
Care workers could see their first ever Fair Pay Agreement next year, under plans unveiled by care minister Stephen Kinnock. The undertaking comes in the…
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Sector Responds to Devastating Darzi Report
Industry leaders have responded to the release of a devastating report which reveals that a decade of austerity has left the NHS in “critical condition”…
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