Homecare across the UK is now funded at levels that make legal compliance difficult, high -quality care undeliverable, and workforce sustainability unachievable, according to The Homecare…
Read more...A Cumbrian care home provider has taken a bold step into the future by becoming employee-owned. HomeTrust Care Limited, which operates three care homes across…
Read more...A new survey of councils in England reveals that just two per cent believe the £842 million-a-year Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) will be sufficient…
Read more...Vulnerable people lacking the mental capacity to make decisions about their care are expected to benefit from major changes to safeguarding and protections, following a…
Read more...A new short film, based on University of Birmingham research, is sharing the voices of, and crisis facing, parent carers in the UK. More than…
Read more...A new Homecare Association report warns that the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) regulation of homecare has worsened in the past 12 months. The new analysis…
Read more...A new survey by heating manufacturer BAXI has revealed that while an overwhelming 94% of care home managers expect to have a budget for decarbonisation…
Read more...By Steve McGregor, Executive Chairman of the DMA Group (https://dma-group.co.uk) Improving sustainability while reducing costs are two challenges facing all buildings. In the care sector, which…
Read more...Camille Leavold, CEO of Abbots Care, has been awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours List,…
Read more...By Louise Blezzard, Founder and CEO of Venelle Home Care Service (www.venellelife.co.uk) Loneliness Awareness Week (9–15 June) is a powerful reminder of the emotional toll…
Read more...Care sector leaders and key organisations across the UK have voiced a mixed but largely cautious response to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first spending review, unveiled…
Read more...A new hard-hitting report from the Homecare Association reveals government cuts have caused widespread exploitative commissioning by cash-strapped councils, crippling state-funded homecare, and renews calls…
Read more...Kim Leadbeater MP has confirmed she will support an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which would require an assessment of…
Read more...The National Care Forum (NCF) and Methodist Homes (MHA) have released an open letter expressing deep concerns about the impact the increases in and extensions…
Read more...A LEADING housing provider is urgently calling on South Lanarkshire Council to rethink its proposed £300,000 cut to housing support services, ahead of its decision…
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