New Care Ratings System Shows Strong Performance Across Wales
Over 92% of care services in Wales have achieved high standards in the first seven months of a new ratings system being in place. Since…
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Middle-Aged Men Lag Behind Younger Generations in Dementia Care Readiness
New research from Nationwide and Dementia UK reveals how middle-aged men feel much less prepared than younger generations about the prospect of looking after someone…
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PM Voices Concern Over Derbyshire Care Home Closures
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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Care Workers Lobby Parliament
Hundreds of workers travelled to Parliament earlier this week from around the country to push for a reversal of immigration plans that would make it…
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Frailty + Depression Likely Boost Dementia Risk in Older People Research Reveals
Concurrent physical frailty and depression likely boost the risk of dementia in older people, with the interaction of these 2 factors alone contributing around 17%…
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UK is Unprepared for an Ageing Society, Facing Increasing Costs and a Shrinking Tax Base
Successive governments have failed to focus on the issues raised by an ageing society. Raising the State Pension Age, which governments of all hues have…
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Speaker Pledges Support for Lancashire Care Home Under Threat
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has pledged his full support to campaigners fighting proposals that could see a care home in his constituency close its…
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Care Sector Reacts To Chancellor Rachel Reeves Autumn Budget
The residential and nursing care sector has voiced alarm at Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget today, warning that the financial package offers insufficient support to…
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£3.25 Billion Homecare Funding Gap Makes Legal Compliance Challenging, Warns Homecare Association
Homecare across the UK is now funded at levels that make legal compliance difficult, high -quality care undeliverable, and workforce sustainability unachievable, according to The Homecare…
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Hometrust Care Enters New Era As Employees Take Ownership Of Leading Cumbrian Care Group
A Cumbrian care home provider has taken a bold step into the future by becoming employee-owned. HomeTrust Care Limited, which operates three care homes across…
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Carers UK Marks 60 Years Of The Carers’ Movement And Women’s Leadership At Mary Webster Lecture
Carers UK marked a significant milestone in its 60th anniversary year with the final event in its national Mary Webster Lecture series, a powerful celebration…
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Councils in England React to Plans For New Local Crisis and Resilience Fund
A new survey of councils in England reveals that just two per cent believe the £842 million-a-year Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) will be sufficient…
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Government to Launch a Consultation on Liberty Protection Safeguards
Vulnerable people lacking the mental capacity to make decisions about their care are expected to benefit from major changes to safeguarding and protections, following a…
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Scottish Government “Steps in” to Sponsor Visas for Foreign Care Workers
Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney announced that the Scottish Government will directly sponsor visas for overseas care workers in a bold move to counter Westminster’s…
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Thousands Rally in Liverpool as Care Providers Demand Urgent Sector Reform
Care home operators and social care providers marched through Liverpool city centre on 29 September, calling on government to address what they describe as a…
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