Social care leaders have warned that the Chancellor’s Budget offers “little” to ease the sector’s immediate pressures, despite welcome news on unpaid carers.
Read more...A visit from Stoke-on-Trent’s Lord Mayor brought smiles and memorable moments for people supported by, and who work for, a local adult social care provider,…
Read more...Residents and staff at Parklands Care Homes have helped raise more than £3,000 for local charities following the latest in a series of fundraising initiatives.
Read more...The Government has announced that Healthwatch England and local Healthwatch organisations will be retained and strengthened so that patients’ and public experiences play a greater role in improving health and social care services.
Read more...Karuna Manor Care Home has brought residents, relatives and team members together to support London Community Kitchen through a food donation initiative held during the…
Read more...New polling for Alzheimer’s Society ahead of today’s Autumn budget has revealed strong public support for greater UK Government action on dementia, including increased investment in diagnosis,…
Read more...The number of people with a recorded dementia diagnosis in England has reached 523,081, according to the latest figures published by NHS England, as the…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK has used this year’s party conference season to press politicians to make dementia research a national priority and to prepare the NHS for future treatments.
Read more...A Harrogate-based specialist care provider has backed North Yorkshire Council’s plans to reshape how it buys adult social care, but says the needs of younger…
Read more...A major joint report, using the Care England’s SMART Care Intel analysis of 2,299 care-home companies, in conjunction with Care Association Alliance (CAA) and National Care Association (NCA)…
Read more...A care home resident rolled up her sleeves to help maintain the garden at Winchester Hospice in a bid to give patients and their loved ones a more inviting outdoor space.
Read more...Unpaid carers are set to be spared a benefits “cliff edge” under a cost-of-living package unveiled by the Chancellor on the eve of the Budget,…
Read more...Independent Care Group Calls on Chancellor to Deliver Immediate Social Care Action in Budget The Independent Care Group (ICG) is today urging Chancellor John Healey…
Read more...The Local Government Association (LGA) is calling for councils to be made equal partners with the NHS to prevent digital reform in health and social care from failing.
Read more...People with epilepsy may be more likely to develop young-onset dementia than people without epilepsy, according to a study published in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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