We Need a Fully Funded Workforce Plan Says NCF
The Health and Social Care Select Committee has published two reports which highlight the stark situation in the health and social care workforce: An evaluation…
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Social Care
Persistent Understaffing of NHS a Serious Risk to Patient Safety, Warn MPs
The NHS and social care face the greatest workforce crisis in their history, compounded by the absence of a credible government strategy to tackle the…
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Health Workforce Report Illustrates Staffing Emergency and Dire Consequences for Staff and Patients
Responding to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee report on recruitment, training and retention, which describes “the greatest workforce crisis in history,…
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What About Social Care? Sector Responds to Leadership Race
The next Prime Minister must have “bold plans” to protect older and disabled people and to remember the social care component of health and social…
Read more...Protecting Human Rights in Care Settings – NCF response
The National Care Forum has welcomed the publication of the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ report on protecting human rights in care settings. The report…
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Report Reveals Filled Posts in Social Care are Down Highlighting Recruitment Challenges for Sector
A new report from Skills for Care shows the number of filled posts in adult social care is down for the first time on record,…
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Man with Support Needs Hosts Once-in-a-Lifetime Elvis showcase
‘If I Can Dream’, an event dedicated to celebrating the music of Elvis Presley, will be hosted by Community Integrated Care, on Tuesday 26th July…
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Social Care Staffing Crisis Deepens
CARE providers are calling for an urgent injection of funding into the social care sector as the staffing crisis in the sector deepens. And they…
Read more...Pressures on Essential Social Care Will Continue to Mount if Workers Not Given Parity in Pay Uplifts, Warns VODG*
Pressures on essential care and support services will continue to mount with far-reaching consequences if social care workers are not fairly and adequately rewarded for…
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England’s 1 Million Elderly Population ‘Boom’ Over the Last Decade
The elderly population of England’s county and rural areas has swelled by over a million people during the past decade, a new report has revealed….
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Government Commits to £7.2 Billion “Better Care Fund” Framework 2022-23
The government has published the Better Care Fund framework (BCF) 2022-23 ensuring greater join up of health, social care and housing services to help older…
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Challenging Year Ahead for Adult Social Care ADASS Survey Reveals
ADASS, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, is warning that the year ahead will be the most challenging adult social care and the…
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Local Authorities to Give Evidence to Lords Adult Social Care Committee
The House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee will hold an evidence session with the Local Government Association and local government representatives, on the challenges…
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Carers Issue Manifesto to Tory Candidates
CARE providers have issued a manifesto to the five Tory leadership candidates spelling out how to end the crisis in the care of our oldest…
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101-Year-Old Portsmouth Care Home Resident Embarks On New Life in Portugal
Kathleen Davies, a resident at Hartford Court care home in Portsmouth, is living proof that it is never too late to embark on exciting new…
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