Growing Concerns Of Modern Slavery In Care Sector
Calls to the UK’s Modern Slavery and Exploitation Helpline are at a record high, marking the fourth consecutive year of increases, according to a survey…
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Social Care
End the “Persecution” of Unpaid Carers Says DR UK
The Government is facing calls to abandon cruel and nonsensical fines levied on tens of thousands of unpaid carers for unwittingly breaching earnings rules by…
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Work Starts on Complex Needs Care Home in Pontefract
Exemplar Health Care has started work on transforming a former care home on Westfield Lane, Pontefract, into a brand-new complex care service. The site is…
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Online Meetings During Covid Lead To A New Career For Bonnie
A professional relationship which started online during Covid via NHS-run adult social care Teams calls, resulted in dementia specialist Bonnie Frear being offered an interesting…
Read more...Social Care Staff Remain The Poor Relation Says Providers
Social Care staff remain the poor relations of the healthcare family after their colleagues got a pay boost, campaigners said today. The social care provider…
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Recipients Of Care ‘Responsible’ For Saying ‘This Is What I Want’, Says Industry Expert
A leading voice in social care has said there needs to be a rebalance between providers of care and those receiving it and said people…
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MPs Meet With Dementia Charity To Discuss NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding
A group of high-profile MPs including Elliot Colburn (Conservative MP for Carshalton and Wallington and vice-chair of the APPG on Dementia), Mims Davies (Conservative, Minister…
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Public Satisfaction With The NHS & Social Care Slumps To New Record Low
Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded, according to analysis of the latest British Social Attitudes…
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Lack Of Understanding Is Stifling Adoption Of Technology Enabled Care, Says Report
Around half of councils in the UK believe there is little or almost no understanding of technology enabled care (TEC) across the health and social…
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Public Satisfaction With Social Care Hits New Low
Public satisfaction with social care services has dropped to just 13 per cent, the lowest level ever recorded report reveals. New findings from the British…
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NCF Launches Global Workforce Report
The National Care Forum (NCF) has published a report resulting from the Social Care International Workforce Summit held as part of the Global Ageing Conference last year….
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British Social Attitudes Survey: Public Satisfaction With Social Care Hits New Low
New findings from the British Social Attitudes survey, published by the Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund, show that public satisfaction with social care services…
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Care Home Teams and Their Dogs Get Muddy at Charity Obstacle Course
Teams from care homes across Dorset and their dogs took part in a charity obstacle course in Poole in aid of a good cause. Residents,…
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Portsmouth Care Home Pioneers New ‘Fall Risk’ Reduction Programme
Accidental falls are one of the biggest threats to the health and wellbeing of older people. Every year there are around 250,000 emergency hospital admissions…
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Care Home Residents Enjoy Theatre Schools’ 50s-Themed Musical Drama Production
Residents from three Dorset and Hampshire care homes enjoyed a postwar Britain-themed production performed by a theatre school in Bournemouth. Care home residents from Castle…
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