The home manager of a Worcester care home has reached the finals of this year’s British Journal of Nursing (BNJ) Awards, designed to recognise the very highest levels of nursing in the country. Katherine Matthews, who manages Care UK’s Perry ...

Almost a third of local authorities will cut spending on adult social care in the coming year, according to a survey by the Local Government Information Unit and the Municipal Journal. The survey was sent to senior decision-makers at each ...

Independent Age, the older people’s charity, has today expressed new concerns about the government’s commitment to the social care green paper, following responses to Diana Johnson MP’s Parliamentary Questions last Friday (8th February). In response to a question about how much has been ...

Independent Age, the older people’s charity, has today expressed new concerns about the government’s commitment to the social care green paper, following responses to Diana Johnson MP’s Parliamentary Questions last Friday (8th February). In response to a question about how ...

The financial pressures crippling the social care sector could start to directly impact the vulnerable adults it supports, according to a newly published report, which shows the number of providers handing back contracts in the past 12 months has more ...

Over 100 social care sector organisations have come together to unite and sign an open letter to the Minister of State for Social Care, Caroline Dinenage MP, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Lords), Baroness Blackwood seeking clarification and ...

“Now is the time for answers. Every day that is spent further defining the problem and consulting on changes, is another day in which people’s lives are not being lived to the full.” Responding to research by Age UK on ...

More than 50,000 older people have now died waiting in vain for care during the 700 days since the Government first said it would publish a Care Green Paper Age UK says this demonstrates why the Government must come forward ...

Last week The Kings Fund in London played host to a day of collaboration exploring new models of care for those living with a dementia diagnosis. The event, named ‘Reminiscence Arts in Dementia Care’, was held by the London-based charity, ...

Health and social care organisations make up seven per cent of the 2019 Top 100 Employers list, released by lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality charity Stonewall. Organisations from across England, Scotland and Wales feature in the Top 100, with ...