Social Care Sector Reacts to Election Result
With Boris Johnson’s Conservative Government leading the polls with a comfortable majority, ending the uncertainty on Brexit that has dominated the news for many months,…
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Social Care
Call For Boris Johnson To Save Social Care Before It Is Too Late
Campaigners fighting for a better deal for social care at the General Election have released an animation based on a Christmas Carol. The short video,…
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LGA Responds To Age UK Report On Social Care Delayed Transfers Of Care
Responding to a report by Age UK on delayed transfers of care attributable to social care and the need to put adult social care on…
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Care Home Provider Brighterkind Wins at Personnel Today Awards 2019
Care home provider brighterkind has won Employee Engagement of the Year award at Personnel Today Awards. The award recognises brighterkind’s efforts in employee engagement and implementing positive change…
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Care Home Residents Make Music with Revolutionary Device
A group of care home residents are helping to test a revolutionary new high tech instrument that helps disabled people make music. The device has…
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Care Home Residents Need their General Practitioners
Care England has criticised a GPs vote to remove home visits from their core work. The recent proposal from the Kent GP Local Medical Committee…
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Up To 90,000 Social Care Workers Needed Immediately To Meet Manifesto Pledges
New analysis reveals that up to 90,000 home care workers for the over 65s are needed immediately if the main parties’ manifesto pledges to expand…
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Conservatives Pledge Extra Funding For Social Care
The Conservatives have pledged to inject an extra £1 billion per year in social care over the next five years to “stabilise” the system and…
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Mental Health Must Be Priority For Next Government
Responding to the Conservative Party’s manifesto for the 2019 General Election, Sean Duggan, chief executive of the Mental Health Network, which is part of the…
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Conservative Manifesto Makes Welcome Promises On Staffing But Falls Short On Social Care
Responding to the Conservative Party’s manifesto for the 2019 General Election, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare…
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Liberal Democrats Pledge £35bn For Health And Social Care
In a commitment to alleviate the chronic health and social care crisis the Liberal Democrats have promised to inject £35 billion into the NHS and…
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Cardboard Cut-Outs Stand In For Absent Party Leaders
Call for firm election pledges over social care Life-size cardboard cut-outs of the three main party leaders took to the stage today when the politicians…
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Hospice Dementia Service Named ‘Best Team’ In National Awards
St Cuthbert’s Hospice, Durham, has been honoured with a national award at the prestigious Dementia Care Awards at a high-profile Gala Night held earlier this…
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Barchester Healthcare Acquires 24 brighterkind Care Homes from Private Equity Firm Terra Firma
Barchester Healthcare has purchased 24 brighterkind care homes from Terra Firma, for an undisclosed sum. Barchester has more than 12,000 beds and looks after 11,000…
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Brunelcare Lead the Way with Mindfulness
Brunelcare, a Bristol based charity providing housing, care and support for older people in the South West for over 75 years, is set to open…
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