“Rethink” Tax Increases Chancellor Urged as Care Sector Faces Failure
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing increasing pressure to exempt the care sector from her April tax raid as a growing coalition of care leaders back…
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Patients Put Off Seeking Care Due To ‘Dysfunctional’ NHS Admin, Warn Healthcare Experts
Letters arriving after appointments, not being kept updated about waiting times for treatment and chasing test results, are all commonplace issues impacting large numbers of…
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Waiting List Falls As NHS Staff Treated Record Numbers Last Year
NHS staff delivered a record 18 million treatments in 2024, as the waiting list fell in December for the fourth month in a row. The…
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£3.66bn Public Health Grant Boost for Local Authorities
The UK Government has confirmed that local authorities across England will receive a total public health grant of £3.66 billion for the financial year 2024-2025,…
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NHS ‘Not Learning’ From Mental Health Death Report Reveals
Safety investigations which occur after a person died during or shortly after care during a stay in a mental health facility are often seen as…
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Future of the NHS: Health Officials Out Of Ideas and Remarkably Complacent, PAC Finds
The Government’s NHS ambitions run counter to officials’ lack of ideas or drive to change, according to a report published today. In the context of…
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Nutrition and Hydration Week: Celebrating Quality Food and Drink in Health and Social Care
Nutrition and Hydration Week 2025 will run from Monday, 17th March, to Sunday, 23rd March, spotlighting the critical role of proper nutrition and hydration in…
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CQC Backlog Raises Concerns Over Safeguarding and Credibility
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is facing scrutiny after admitting a substantial backlog in addressing serious concerns raised about NHS providers. The revelation came as…
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Caring Homes Launch Campaign to Shine a Spotlight On Nurses And Nursing Care
Caring Homes begin 2025 with a campaign focused on nursing, bringing to life the work of nurses across the Caring Homes group and highlighting the…
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Social Care On The Brink: Urgent Multi-Year Funding Called For To Avert Collapse
The UK’s adult social care sector is teetering on the brink of collapse, according to the latest Sector Pulse Check Report by learning disability charity Hft…
Read more...Study Highlights Life Expectancy After Dementia Diagnosis
A recent study has provided insights into how long individuals diagnosed with dementia can expect to live. Findings suggest that survival rates vary widely, averaging…
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Sector Responds to Government’s Plans for Social Care Reform
Leading associations and spokespersons in the adult social care sector have has responded to the announcement today by the Department of Health and Social Care…
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Derby’s Oldest Nursing Home Ends 2024 on a High After Winning a String of Awards
Brookfields is Derby’s longest-running private nursing home having been converted from a house by Joan and Peter Turner who bought it in 1968. The first…
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Sector Responds to Publication of the Local Government Finance Settlement
Sector leaders and organisations have responded this weeks provisional local government finance settlement, which will provide £69 billion for councils across the country, a real-terms…
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£69 Billion To Support Councils And Help Deliver Plan For Change
The government has now published its finance settlement, which is the annual determination of funding to local government from central government. This briefing covers the…
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