New research conducted by policy and research consultancy Public First, on behalf of national charity Carers Trust, predicts a shortfall of up to one million unpaid carers within a generation.
Read more...Free personal care under the proposed National Care Service will be available only to people aged 65 and over, Downing Street has confirmed. Working-age disabled…
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Former Prime Minister David Cameron is to host a new four-part podcast series examining the latest developments in Alzheimer’s research and the search for new…
Read more...A New Care England report reveals local authorities are underpaying for older people’s residential and nursing care by £2.36 billion a year, equivalent to an…
Read more...County and rural councils are facing a £7 billion-a-year increase in service costs by 2028/9 unless the Government takes action in next month’s Autumn Budget,…
Read more...The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) is urging the whole country to get behind Meals on Wheels Week 2026 and help celebrate this valuable…
Read more...A new national collective pension scheme for adult social care workers is to be introduced by the government, alongside plans for a dedicated workforce strategy…
Read more...Migrant workers must not be made scapegoats for politicians’ failure to invest in public services, UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan has told protesters at the…
Read more...Social care organisations have broadly welcomed Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s plans for a National Care Service, while stressing that sustainable funding, workforce reform and the…
Read more...Monday 28 September, saw leading figures from the world of sport take on a unique endurance challenge at the home of cricket in support of…
Read more...Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he will pay for a new national care service by ending the state pension “triple lock”. Addressing Labour’s annual…
Read more...New research from the University of Winchester suggests that older people are not only concerned about falling but are reluctant to talk about those concerns….
Read more...Dorset Council’s adult social care provider is returning over £1m a year in savings to Dorset taxpayers, it was revealed this week, with all of…
Read more...The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and the Centre for Care brought together political, research and sector leaders at the Labour Party Conference in…
Read more...The public significantly underestimate the likelihood of becoming an unpaid carer at some point in their lives, guessing 38% of people in the UK ever…
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