Private and third sector providers of residential care and home care services could soon face the same Freedom of Information obligations as their public sector…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced that the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has commissioned the regulator to continue leading the programme…
Read more...The new Mental Health Act has received Royal Assent, meaning it is now law, delivering on a key manifesto commitment. It will reform the outdated…
Read more...The government has published its adult social care priorities for local authorities, outlining a roadmap towards establishing a national care service alongside a commitment to…
Read more...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…
Read more...Among those Britons who celebrate Christmas, nearly two-thirds are worried about how the cost-of-living crisis will affect them or their friends and families, according to…
Read more...Residents and colleagues at Leven Beach Care Home in Fife have been joined by Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife, Wendy Chamberlain, to celebrate…
Read more...Residents at Priesty Fields care home in Congleton, part of Sandstone Care Group, enjoyed a Christmas celebration to remember as six-time World Snooker Champion Steve…
Read more...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…
Read more...England’s councils will have almost £78 billion made available for essential services next year with more money going to places with the greatest need under…
Read more...Care UK has significantly expanded its operations after assuming management and care provision of all homes previously operated by Aria Care and Danforth Care Homes,…
Read more...A comprehensive impact assessment on immigration rule changes, belatedly published in December 2025, has revealed the scale of workforce reductions facing the health and social…
Read more...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%…
Read more...Agincare recently welcomed Denmark’s Minister for Senior Citizens Mette Kierkgaard and a high-level delegation to Waterside Care Home in Southwark as part of a fact-finding…
Read more...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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