Councils And NHS Need To Work More Closely To Improve Local Care
Integrated Care Systems are not doing enough to put the vulnerable people they support at the heart of what they do, according to a new…
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Social Care
Councils Call For A Delay To ‘Unfunded’ Cap On Care, Warning That Flagship Reforms Have A £30bn Funding Black Hole
England’s largest councils have called for a delay in the introduction of the cap on adult social care costs, warning they will be ‘impossible’ to…
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Voting Now Open For The 2024 Caring In Welsh Award
Voting is now open to choose a winner for the 2024 Caring in Welsh award, an annual award that recognises, celebrates and shares the work…
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Social Care Still Ill-Prepared For A Pandemic Campaigners Say
The care of older, vulnerable and disabled adults is no better prepared now for a pandemic like Covid-19 than it was before the virus struck…
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Covid Inquiry: Government “Ill Prepared” and “Failed Public” Findings Reveal
The UK government and every devolved administration ‘’failed their citizens’ by being ill-prepared for the Covid pandemic according to the distressing first conclusions of the…
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Sector Leaders Respond to Kings Speech
Legislation affecting health and social care feature in the plans Sir Keir Starmer’s new government has for the country, which were summarized by King Charles…
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Saving Local Government Finance Summit: Need for “Significant Reform
More than 60 leading local government figures and influential academics came together for the Saving Local Government Finance Summit to reflect on the legislative commitments…
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New Government Must Urgently Tackle Illegal Underpayment Of Wages In Social Care
The new government must immediately address the problem of low pay in adult social care by tackling illegal underpayment of wages, and urgently consulting the…
Read more...Turning Point For Social Care As The Sector Launches A Workforce Strategy
The launch of a new Workforce Strategy for adult social care in England today is being hailed as a turning point for care – as…
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QCS Acquires Carebeans Limited
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS), digital provider of compliance management, policies and procedures for the adult social care and primary care sectors, announced the completion of…
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Signature Senior Lifestyle Engages Sector Leaders in Safety Monitoring Technology Roundtable
To mark Care Home Open Week care home provider, Signature Senior Lifestyle, co-hosted a roundtable exploring the use of safety monitoring technology at the host…
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Sector Leaders React to ADASS Annual Survey
SOCIAL CARE needs emergency action today before any cross-party talks or Royal Commissions, campaigners have warned, and follows reports that the Government wants a Royal…
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Signs Integrated Care Systems Are Making Progress Greater Local Flexibility Needed To Realise Potential
Two years since integrated care systems (ICSs) were formally created and with the new government confirming it is committed to the current structure of the…
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CQC Chief Admits ‘We Got Things Wrong’ And Announces More Inspections
The Care Quality Commission’s new chief executive has admitted that the regulator “got things wrong” during the rollout of its new inspection regime and announced…
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‘Pleased as Punch’ Patrick, 90, Pops Out for Pride Parade
A 90-year-old care home resident stepped out to enjoy the ‘hard to believe’ thrill of joining a community pride parade waved on by thousands of…
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