As financial pressures mount and regulatory demands grow, care providers face an increasingly fragile operating environment. Workforce shortages, rising costs, including changes to Employers’ National…
Read more...The Homecare Association have accused some NHS Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) of “unethical commissioning practices”. Grossly inadequate fee rates and late payments risk quality, safety…
Read more...New research from the Homecare Association shows that fee rates for state-funded homecare across the UK remain dangerously low, failing to keep pace with rising…
Read more...Recent developments highlighted by The Guardian, including systemic failures and the resignation of the UK government’s dementia adviser over the prosecution of carers, have brought…
Read more...Dovehaven Care Home Group has announced the successful acquisition of Avonleigh Gardens care home from Methodist Housing Association (MHA). This move marks a significant expansion…
Read more...The Homecare Association has published its Minimum Price for Homecare for April 2024 to March 2025. We have calculated this minimum fee rate for purchase…
Read more...New research by the Homecare Association, based on responses from 225 providers representing just over 23,280 careworkers supporting nearly 42,995 older and disabled people, indicates…
Read more...On Wednesday 14 June, the House of Lords Public Services Committee will hold the first evidence session of its new inquiry examining the standards of…
Read more...Increased demand, a recruitment crisis, poor pay and repeated failures to meet the needs of the most vulnerable members of society are some of the…
Read more...The Homecare Association has published its Minimum Price for Homecare for April 2023 to March 2024. This minimum fee rate for purchase of homecare by…
Read more...The recent election campaign showed the importance of social care to the electorate. However, with the risk of a long-term solution to social care funding…
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