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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Highlights
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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Support For Unpaid Carers Tumbles As They Bear The Brunt Of Social Care Crisis Ignored By Budget
New NHS England data shows support has tumbled for unpaid carers as they continue to prop up a social care system that was largely ignored…
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Care Sector Hit by Double-Whammy Rising Costs Could Force Providers Out
Measures announced in yesterday’s Autumn Statement will make it harder to provide care to older, vulnerable and disabled adults, campaigners warned today. The care provider…
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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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