Carers UK to Present Carer’s Allowance Overpayments Report to Minister
Unpaid carers will share the devastating impact of Carer’s Allowance overpayments on their lives in a report due to be handed to Sir Stephen Timms,…
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Social Care
Hazel Lodge Care Home Appoints New General Manager
Staff at Barchester Healthcare’s Hazel Lodge care home, in Battle have welcomed a new General Manager to head up the team. Jonathan Johnson will oversee…
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Parley Place Music Festival Brings The Local Community Together
Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at Parley Place care home to enjoy a Mini music Festival that was held in the…
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Rotherham Care Home Celebrate International Friendship Day
With International Friendship Day coming up (July 30th) Orchard Care Homes has found its own British version of the Golden Girls living their best lives…
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Sector Reacts to CQC’s Damning Report
The UK Government has admitted that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is “not fit for purpose”, https://thecareruk.com/cqc-not-fit-for-purpose-says-health-secretary/ with the release today of an interim report…
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Postcode Lottery For Care Facing The Public Today Analysis Reveals
All local authorities are struggling with under-funding, but there are big differences in the rates of requests for care being accepted both between regions and…
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CQC “Not Fit For Purpose” Says Health Secretary
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is “not fit for purpose”, health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has stated, after a critical report revealed significant…
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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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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…
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