Costs of Supporting Children in Care Rise by £1 Billion a Year
Spending on providing support for children in care is rising at a rate of £1 billion a year, according to new analysis by the Local Government Association.
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Carers
Care Workers Reveal Pay Pressure as Report Warns Loyalty is Masking Strain in Social Care
Care workers’ commitment to the sector is masking deep pressure around pay and reward, according to a major new workforce report published as the government considers reforms to social care.
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Moira Celebrates 30 Years of Caring with Parklands
A Moray care worker is celebrating a major milestone after dedicating 30 years to caring for older people.
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Blindfolded, Nervous and Brilliant: Care Worker Tom Rose Wins £5,000 for “Insane” Piano Performance
A 23-year-old care worker who stunned judges by playing Prince’s Purple Rain on the piano while blindfolded has been crowned the winner of Care Sector’s Got Talent 2026, taking home a £5,000 prize.
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UK Facing a Crippling Shortfall of 1m Unpaid Carers by 2050, New Research Warns
New research conducted by policy and research consultancy Public First, on behalf of national charity Carers Trust, predicts a shortfall of up to one million unpaid carers within a generation.
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Care Staff Highlight How Visa Changes Will Have Damaging Effect on Sector
UNISON General Secretary Andrea Egan heard first-hand the experiences of sponsored care workers when she visited MHA Willowcroft care home in Derby.
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Free Personal Care Plan will Exclude Working-Age Disabled Adults, Downing Street Confirms
Free personal care under the proposed National Care Service will be available only to people aged 65 and over, Downing Street has confirmed. Working-age disabled…
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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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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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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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Public Hugely Underestimate Likelihood of Becoming Unpaid Carers Research Reveals
The public significantly underestimate the likelihood of becoming an unpaid carer at some point in their lives, guessing 38% of people in the UK ever…
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Learning Disability and Autism Training “Has Much to Do” a Year After Oliver McGowan Code
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said that progress on mandatory learning disability and autism training is uneven, one year after the publication of the Oliver McGowan Code of Practice. Some providers are showing innovation, but others are not meeting the requirement at all.
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Chartwell House Helps Students Become Dementia Friends
Chartwell House by Boutique Care Homes, in Broadstairs, Kent, welcomed 11 learners from CXK’s Explore Health and Social Care Programme for a Dementia Friends awareness session, giving them a first taste of what a career in care could look like.
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Caring Responsibilities Forcing Over 50s Out of Work
Ill health, caring responsibilities and redundancy are cutting working lives short and putting retirement incomes at risk.
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Campaigner Responds to Baroness Casey’s ‘Profiteering’ Claim on Care Deadline Day
A leading care provider, who invited the Prime Minister to visit his care home last month, has said calls to tackle profiteering in social care ‘must not be allowed to condemn an entire sector’ and ‘undermine the many responsible, independent providers delivering good care on very modest margins’.
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