Staff Member at Penarth Based Care Home Braves the Shave and Raises More Than £1000
A staff member at a Penarth based care home decided to get rid of her long locks and raised more than £1,000 in the process….
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Social Care
Call for Public to Stand Up for Social Care
A CAMPAIGNER is urging the public to mount a last-ditch plea to the Government to stop vital extra funding from being denied to social care….
Read more...1 in 10 Older People are Reducing or Stopping their Social Care
One in ten UK older people are reducing or stopping their social care or expect to do so in the coming months as they struggle…
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Cross-Party MP and Alzheimer’s Society Call on Government to Address Social Care Workforce Crisis
Survey of nearly 2,000 people affected by dementia reveals less than half felt care staff had a good understanding of dementia and one in four…
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Govt Carer Recruitment Drive is Welcome…
…but no substitute for proper reform says sector A Government recruitment drive for adult social care is welcome but is merely an attempt to patch…
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Stars of Social Care Enjoy Wonderful Knight as Sir Bryn and Wynne Sing Impromptu Duet
Opera star Sir Bryn Terfel and top tenor Wynne Evans treated the stars of social care to an impromptu duet during an awards ceremony. Appropriately,…
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CQC State of Care Report Highlights Immediate Need to Get a Grip on Staff Retention, says BMA
Responding to the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) annual assessment of the state of heath and social care in England, released earlier this month, which found…
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Councils Warn Cuts to their 2023 Budgets Would Mean the Bare Minimum in Services
England’s largest councils today warn that any moves to cut their budgets next year would be ‘worse than austerity’ and result in ‘devastating’ reductions to…
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MPs to Debate Right to End Isolation in Health and Social Care
MPs across the political spectrum will debate the creation of a new legal right to ensure people can maintain contact with their family in health…
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Local Authorities Spent £22.0 Billion on Adult Social Care in 2021-22, NHS Digital Reveal
The Adult Social Care Activity and Finance Report, England 2021-22 is among four publications which cover topics such as outcomes, activity, finance and the opinions…
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Care Provider Welcomes International Recruits to Strengthen Their Workforce
Care provider Hales Group has welcomed the first group of international recruits to the region to strengthen its workforce, with five senior carers from Sri…
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Campaigners Demand Govt Ends Social Care ‘Gridlock’, Call for Investment to Bring More Staff Into the Sector
Campaigners today called on the Government to properly fund and reform social care to end a ‘gridlock’ in the care of older and vulnerable people….
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Gridlock Leading to Deterioration in People’s Access to and Experience of Care says Report
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has released its annual assessment of the state of health and social care in England looks at the quality of…
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Vicky Mcclure Calls on MPs to Cure the Broken Social Care System
Line of Duty star and Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador, Vicky McClure, has shared a powerful video calling on every MP to help the charity cure the…
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CCN Responds to Reports that Social Care Charging Reforms Will be Delayed
The County Councils Network (CCN) has responded to reports in the Times that the government is considering delaying charging reforms to adult social care in…
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