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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Highlights
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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Break the Cycle Of ‘Crisis-Cash-Repeat’ In Adult Social Care, CIPFA Urges
Decades of inaction and short-term fixes have left adult social care in crisis. Without urgent reform, we risk perpetuating a vicious cycle of poor value…
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Campaigner Warns Lords Over State Of Care Sector
A North Yorkshire campaigner told a House of Lord meeting that the country cannot wait any longer for an end to the crisis in the…
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Care And Support Sector Is At A Tipping Point Report Reveals
A new care market report by LaingBuisson, leading industry analysts, reveals a sector in a precarious financial state. Rising costs from Autumn Budget measures are threatening the…
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In Loving Memory of Sylvia Mawson
It is with the deepest sadness that we share the news of the passing of our dear colleague and friend, Sylvia Mawson, Sales Manager of…
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Social Care ‘Endangered’ By ‘Catastrophic’ National Insurance Increases, Warns ADASS President
The Government’s Budget decision to increase employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) will have “catastrophic consequences for millions of people drawing on care and support” will…
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Government Urged To Wake Up To Social Care Collapse
Campaigners are calling on the Government to wake up to dire warnings over the imminent collapse of care for older, vulnerable and disabled adults. The…
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Care Providers Call For “Urgent Review” To Prevent “Systematic Collapse”
Providers Unite have launched a grassroots campaign to “unite adult care service providers across the country” and are calling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves for an…
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Call On Social Care Workforce To Sign Petition
Campaigners are calling on providers, the entire sector workforce and the public to urgently sign a petition which calls on the Government to exempt social…
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Requests For Social Care At Record High Report Reveals
More people are receiving adult social care in England following years of decline, official data has revealed. Councils funded long-term care packages for 858,720 people…
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Government Unveils Major Mental Health Care Reforms
New laws will give patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act more dignity and say over their care in long-awaited updates have been introduced in…
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ADASS Publishes ‘Damning Report’ Revealing £564m Adult Social Care Overspend
A report from directors of adult social services indicates that eight out of ten councils are projected to exceed their adult social care budget for…
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Report Reveals Serious Gaps In Dementia Support
The Living well with dementia – better community provision for all report from national volunteering organisation, Royal Voluntary Service and the University of Birmingham reveals…
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