Ageing Social Care Worker Pool Could Cause Talent Time Bomb
Comensura Social Care Index reveals: Top heavy temporary social care workforce and hiring policies Rising pay rates Over 45s are taking opportunities from the under…
Read more...Comensura Social Care Index reveals: Top heavy temporary social care workforce and hiring policies Rising pay rates Over 45s are taking opportunities from the under…
Read more...A care home receptionist in Skipton and an 87 year old man from Horsham are the joint winners of a national Christmas card competition run…
Read more...The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull won two awards at the 6th National Dementia Care Awards in Birmingham on Friday 13 November. The…
Read more...The ability to raise council tax by 2% above existing thresholds, with those funds ring-fenced ‘exclusively’ for social care, is unlikely to make an impact…
Read more...Nursing home leaders have given a mixed reaction to the Chancellor’s Spending Review announcement of additional funds for social care, warning that the plans amount…
Read more...Staff and residents at a Nottingham care home have enjoyed a rather grand Thanksgiving celebration. Inspired by their American colleague and their own fond memories…
Read more...The Spending Review: Chancellor Fails Social Care Test Today the Chancellor George Osborne presented his spending review to Parliament. This sets out the Government’s spending…
Read more...The High Court has ruled that carers in receipt of Carer’s Allowance should be exempt from the benefit cap (1), following a judicial review challenge to…
Read more...A manager of a care home in Evesham has been named the winner of a national care award for her innovative approach to dementia therapy…
Read more...MIDDLESBROUGH teenagers have donated a treasure trove of equipment to Mandale House Care Home in Stockton-on-Tees. The Thornaby home welcomed more than a dozen young…
Read more...Commenting on the publication of the Spending Review, John Appleby, Chief Economist at The King’s Fund, said: ‘Judged against the constraints of deficit reduction and…
Read more...Lack of skilled senior managers and leaders places the elderly and vulnerable in society at risk A shortfall in experienced senior mangers within the social…
Read more...Carers UK has warned that today’s Comprehensive Spending Review has failed to do enough for carers. The charity warns that a lack of adequate, sufficient…
Read more...A care home chef who made her own recipe book after word spread across Scotland about her impressive culinary skills has won a coveted Chef…
Read more...The Orders of St John Care Trust (OSJCT) is delighted to announce a new and exciting project at Coombe End Court, Marlborough, to improve the…
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