The care sector has today given a cautious welcome to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s landmark speech on adult social care, in which he vowed to fix England’s “broken” system and pledged that his government would succeed where “successive administrations have ducked the issue for too long.”
Read more...The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has welcomed the publication of the Care Workers’ guide to CQC, a new resource on the Care Quality Commission’s website co-produced with care workers from CWC’s Care Worker Advisory Board and Champions Project.
Read more...The Care and Support Alliance (CSA) has called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to make the long-awaited reform of adult social care one of the first priorities of his premiership, urging the Government to seize what it describes as a “historic opportunity” to deliver lasting change.
Read more...The Homecare Association has written to the Minister for Employment Rights warning that a late change to the Government’s new Code of Practice on trade union access to workplaces could add hundreds of millions of pounds a year to the cost of delivering homecare in England – with no funding to pay for it.
Read more...Rose Lodge care home, in Wisbech, was full celebrations for not one but two of their staff who celebrated 15 and 25 years of service respectively.
Read more...A three-week training course transformed the lives of three Gwynedd women who have celebrated a decade of caring for people with dementia. Roxanne Aston, Nicole…
Read more...Millions of care workers in England will be represented in upcoming negotiations on pay and working conditions through a new body established to deliver the first…
Read more...The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has responded to the Care Quality Commission’s first national report drawing together assessments of all 153 local authorities in England with adult social care duties.
Read more...Care Sector’s Got Talent is back for 2026 with its biggest-ever prize fund, a brand-new stage at the Care Show and a call for everyone working across social care to step into the spotlight.
Read more...A damning report from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has revealed that nearly £10 billion of public money was squandered on personal protective equipment during the pandemic…
Read more...The UK adult social care sector is facing a severe workforce development crisis driven by outdated, ‘transactional’ training models, a national sector specialist has warned.
Read more...Adult social care providers and local authorities should not wait for the outcome of the Casey Commission or for long-term funding reform before acting to address the sector’s deepening workforce crisis, according to a new report from the think tank Re:State.
Read more...A new registered manager has been appointed at Brookfield Care Home in Nab Wood, with care sector professional Samire Pervetica joining Czajka Care Group…
Read more...Care providers are being urged to help tackle the growing youth unemployment challenge by pledging to take on a new admin apprentice.
Read more...A major government survey has found signs of improving wellbeing and job satisfaction among England’s adult social care workforce, although persistent concerns around stress, staffing pressures and career development continue to affect many care professionals.
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