A campaigner is calling on the Government to use the new post-Easter parliamentary session as an opportunity to tackle the crisis in the care of older and vulnerable adults. And Mike Padgham is urging the public to put pressure on ...

EU or Swiss qualified persons entering the UK after exit may have their qualifications recognised, whether we leave the EU with or without a deal. Legislation introduced on 7 March 2019 means health and social care workers with professional qualifications ...

The UK’s leading event for dementia is on 7–8 June 2019 at Olympia London. The two-day conference and exhibition is designed to provide help, resources, information and advice, as well as showcasing the latest and best products and services. Featuring ...

Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care remains concerned about the loop holes in the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill. On Tuesday the Government published its response to two reports concerning the Reform of the ...

A report by charity Sue Ryder Time to get it right report, estimated that during the summer of 2018 alone, 15,000 people with neurological conditions were in care homes for the elderly. The report gives a comprehensive picture on how people ...

Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) a national partnership of over 50 organisations committed to supporting the continued implementation of personalisation and community-based health, care and support has published a new study looking at how some councils are transforming  social care ...

A campaigner who wrote to all 650 of the country’s MPs over the current crisis in adult social care is hugely disappointed and let down after receiving fewer than 10 replies. Mike Padgham says the response is a damning indictment ...

Independent Age, the older people’s charity, has called on local councillors to back the public’s call for the government to introduce free personal care for over 65s – something that is available in Scotland, but not in England. The social ...

Hundreds of care providers and carers came together at the Westpoint Arena in Exeter for the first business show dedicated to the care industry to be held in the region since 2008. The Innovative Care Exhibition (ICE) saw a sell ...

Research by a daily newspaper has revealed that more than one million homes have been sold by families to pay for a relatives care although many of these care should have been funded by the NHS the report went on ...