Autumn Budget Must Back England’s Counties as Social Care Spend Increases
County and rural councils are facing a £7 billion-a-year increase in service costs by 2028/9 unless the Government takes action in next month’s Autumn Budget,…
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Braintree Care Home Residents and Staff Go ‘Pink’ to Help Combat Cancer
Residents and staff at RMBI Care Co. Home Prince Edward Duke of Kent Court, in Braintree, Essex, have joined forces to raise money for Breast…
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Teesside care homes gather for Macmillan Coffee Morning
Dozens of residents and staff members from Mandale House Care Home, in Thornaby, Ingleby Care Home, in Ingleby Barwick, and Hazelgrove Court Care Home, in…
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Get involved: Meals on Wheels Week 2026 takes place 2-6 November
The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) is urging the whole country to get behind Meals on Wheels Week 2026 and help celebrate this valuable…
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National Care Service Vision Leaves the Care Home Market with “More Questions than Answers”
The founder and executive chairman of LaingBuisson, William Laing, has outlined a number of potential implications for care home operators, residents and investors following Prime…
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Government Announces National Collective Pension Scheme for Care Workers
A new national collective pension scheme for adult social care workers is to be introduced by the government, alongside plans for a dedicated workforce strategy…
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Karuna Manor Care Home Welcomes Ganpati Bappa
Karuna Manor Care Home was filled with devotion, joy and spiritual warmth as residents, staff, families and members of the community came together to celebrate…
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MHA Bags Silver Award for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Progress
Methodist Homes (MHA) has achieved the Silver Standard Award in the Onvero (formerly Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion) 2026 Tide awards. The award follows…
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Migrant Workers Held Protest at Labour Conference Over ‘Broken Promises’
Migrant workers must not be made scapegoats for politicians’ failure to invest in public services, UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan has told protesters at the…
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Sector Leaders Respond to National Care Service Plans
Social care organisations have broadly welcomed Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s plans for a National Care Service, while stressing that sustainable funding, workforce reform and the…
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Lovett Opens 78 Bedroom Care Home in Kings Hill
Cllr Sarah Hudson, Deputy Mayor of Kings Hill, joined the Lovett Care team at the official opening and ribbon cutting of its brand new, purpose…
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Leading Sports Figures Unite to Raise Over £300,000 in Aid of Alzheimer’s Society
Monday 28 September, saw leading figures from the world of sport take on a unique endurance challenge at the home of cricket in support of…
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Care Staff on Top of the World after Bennachie Climb
A team from Weston View Care Home in Keith has raised £950 for its residents’ comfort fund after climbing Bennachie in Aberdeenshire. Seven members of…
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Burnham to Scrap Pensions Triple lock to Fund Free National Care Service
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he will pay for a new national care service by ending the state pension “triple lock”. Addressing Labour’s annual…
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Spellman Care Triumphs at Keighley & Airedale Business Awards for Exceptional Person-Led Care
Independent family-run care provider Spellman Care is celebrating after being named Health and Wellbeing Business of the Year at the Keighley and Airedale Business Awards,…
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