Councils struggling to balance the books will be granted financial flexibility by the government to ensure vital services communities rely on will continue running the government has…
Read more...A new report from Skills for Care has laid bare the ongoing pay crisis facing England’s adult social care workforce, warning that the sector faces…
Read more...Frank Foster House Care Home, part of Runwood Homes Group, is proud to be working in collaboration with the National Institute for Health and Care…
Read more...The Local Government Association (LGA) is launching a conversation and engagement series with councils, sector stakeholders and people with lived experience on the role of…
Read more...The government has outlined how it intends to manage councils’ accumulated special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) deficits and has announced it will pay 90%…
Read more...The government has initiated consultations on reorganising social care responsibilities across approximately one-sixth of England’s council areas, potentially affecting thousands of social care professionals. The…
Read more...More than a third of councils – and almost half of social care councils – responding to a new Local Government Association survey say they…
Read more...Care Show London 2026 running on 29-30 April at Excel London, will be opening its doors for the third consecutive year to the whole care…
Read more...Councils have today called for a collaborative role in negotiations to improve the pay and conditions for care workers, with local authorities fearing they are…
Read more...Care England has today published new analysis warning that frozen Income Tax and National Insurance thresholds will remove an estimated £1.4 billion from care workers’…
Read more...With hospital bed capacity is at its worst so far this winter, and the number of patients being hospitalised by certain seasonal illnesses on the…
Read more...Care homes across the UK are gearing up for this weekend’s Big Garden Birdwatch, the world’s largest garden wildlife survey that has become a beloved…
Read more...THE CARER is delighted to announce the winner of our Christmas Tree Competition – congratulations to the wonderful team at Woodlands Park Care Centre in…
Read more...The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to abandon a controversial pharmaceutical agreement with the United States, arguing that the savings should instead be…
Read more...Sir Keir Starmer has expressed serious concerns following the announcement that eight care homes across Derbyshire face closure after a planned sale to a private…
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