Care Campaigner’s Poetic Plea to Boris
A social care campaigner has turned to verse To stop the crisis getting worse Mike Padgham, Chair of the Independent Care Group (ICG) has written…
Read more...
Social Care
Spotlight on Care Home Nursing
Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has welcomed the announcement from Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for England,…
Read more...
Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG Gives a Lift to Local Care Homes
A collaboration between Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group and Mangar Health has been launched to safeguard the lives of care home residents that…
Read more...
Wales To Consider Tax Rise To Fund Elderly Social Care
Wales could introduce a tax to fund social care to help resolve the “very real” pressures on social services. Health minister Vaughan Gething told AMs…
Read more...
LGA Responds To Care England Report On Social Care Fees
Responding to a report by Care England on the funding of independent care homes compared to those operated by local authorities, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman…
Read more...Budget: Crunch Time-Says Care England
Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has submitted evidence to the Chancellor’s Budget process urging him to act…
Read more...
Legal Comment on the Supreme Court Case on Sleep-in Shifts in the Social Care Sector
Speaking on the sleep-in shifts Supreme Court case, Matthew Wort, partner at Anthony Collins Solicitors, said: “The Supreme Court case on sleep-in shifts is an…
Read more...Miles Apart: The Inadequacy Of Social Care Funding
Latest Care England Freedom of Information analysis has again highlighted the underfunding of independent sector care homes when juxtaposed with those fees paid to state-run…
Read more...
“A Sector Out Of Options” – Social Care Providers Resort To Offering Care To Fewer People To Manage Spiralling Costs According To Newly Published Report
The number of social care providers who say they have been forced to cut support for vulnerable adults has doubled in the last 12 months…
Read more...
NHS Chief Warns Social Media Is Fertile Ground For Quacks, Charlatans, And Cranks
Speaking at an event on fake news tonight, the chief executive of the NHS will warn about the impact of ‘fake news’ on people’s health….
Read more...Nine In Ten Over 55 Say UK Government Needs To Rethink Social Care For The Older Population
93% of over 55s believe the Government needs to seriously rethink how it manages social care for older people Eight in ten do not think…
Read more...
Major Boost For Plans To Hold Second Social Care Celebration
The uplifting stories of social care workers who help transform the lives of people across North Yorkshire will once again be celebrated this autumn. Plans…
Read more...
Government NHS Cash Boost Not Enough Without Increased Social Care Spending
Increasing spending on the NHS is not enough without investing in a long-term plan for the social care system, says former health secretary Jeremy Hunt….
Read more...
LGA Responds To Prime Minister’s Social Care Pledge
“People of all ages should be able to live the lives they want to lead and we are pleased to hear the Prime Minister pledge…
Read more...Agenda For Social Care Change
Ahead of the 2020 Budget, Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has called for social care to be…
Read more...