ICO Calls On Social Care Leaders To Commit To Better Care Records Now
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called on social care leaders to publicly commit to improving how care records are created, handled, and accessed.
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Adult Social Care
Sporting Legends Café Kicks Off to a Brilliant Start
The first Sporting Legends Café at Keymer Hall Care Home was a resounding success, with almost 20 people turning out for the launch session on Wednesday 17th June…
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CQC Commits to Shared Anti-Racism Principles to Tackle Workplace Racism in Health and Social Care
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has joined 8 other national health and social care regulators in signing up to the NHS Race and Health Observatory’s shared principles for advancing workforce race equity in health and social care.
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Wiltshire Heights Care Home Brings Community Together for Glastonbury-inspired Celebrations
A Bradford on Avon Care Home brought the spirit of Glastonbury to residents and the local community as it marked Care Home Open Week with a special series of festival-inspired celebrations.
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Rotherham Care Home Reduces Ambulance Call Outs By Nearly Half Through Hydration Initiative
A care home in Rotherham has reduced ambulance callouts by 45% and cut falls by 62% after launching a new hydration initiative designed to keep residents healthy and out of hospital.
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Care Campaign Urges Andy Burnham MP to Make Social Care the First Test of His Leadership
An open letter from the Care About Care campaign – run by the grassroots coalition Providers Unite and backed by more than 4,000 people who work in, draw on or value care services…
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Pupils Help Decorate New Lounge at North Devon Nursing Home
Schoolchildren from Ilfracombe Junior School recently visited Edenmore Nursing Home to help add some sea-inspired decorations to the home’s newly refurbished lounge.
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Oakwood Care Group Expands with Multi-Million-Pound Backing from Development Bank of Wales
Oakwood Care Group has completed the acquisition of Forest Gate Healthcare, adding three care homes and 105 bedrooms to its portfolio…
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More Than Four in Five Community Social Care Services in England Have No Current CQC Rating, New Analysis Finds
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is still not keeping pace with the task of assessing the quality of community social care services in England…
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‘It’s Time for England’: Kailash Manor Comes Down with a Case of Football Fever for Care Home Open Week 2026
Football fever was in full force at TLC Kailash Manor Care Home as Care Home Open Week made its yearly return debuting a new…
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Adult Social Care Digital Transformation Must Be Central to NHS Reform, Says techUK
A new white paper from techUK is calling for adult social care to be placed at the centre of future NHS reform, arguing that the digital technologies needed to support a more preventative…
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From Didsbury to The Palace: Carers Commended by the King
The devotion of two Didsbury carers to Manchester’s older Jewish community has been recognised by King Charles III and Queen Camilla at a Garden Party hosted at Buckingham Palace.
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Lords Committee Calls for Urgent Migration Data Reform
The House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee has urged the Government to improve the quality and availability of migration data, warning that gaps in information are fuelling misinformation and making it harder to develop effective policies on settlement, citizenship and integration.
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Sector Leaders React to Today’s Skills for Care Workforce Report
Sector leaders have broadly welcomed today’s (June 24) latest Skills for Care report, The Size and Structure of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce in England 2025/26, which reveals the strongest workforce position seen in a decade.
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Derbyshire Care Home ‘Rolls’ Into Summer with Cheese Rolling, A Pop-Up Clothes Shop and Monopoly-Themed Dinner
A Derbyshire care home has launched its summer activity programme in a wonderfully quirky fashion, with residents rolling Babybel cheeses down a homemade hill…
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