The best Christmas Present for Care Home Residents is to Keep them Safe, says Social Care Leader
A social care leader is calling for a tightening of the rules for visiting care homes to save lives in the run-up to Christmas.
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New Law To Prevent Inappropriate Use Of Force In Mental Health Settings
Patients in mental health settings will be better protected from inappropriate use of force following the commencement of landmark regulations and publication
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Bupa Partners with Beam to Help Homeless People into Work
Bupa is working with the social enterprise, Beam, to offer hiring opportunities for people experiencing homelessness.
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Sector Reacts to Governments White Paper on Adult Social Care
Care providers today gave a muted welcome to a long-awaited White Paper on the future of social care. The Independent Care Group (ICG) has welcomed parts of today’s White Paper, ‘People at the Heart of Care’.
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Government Publish Ten Year Vision to Improve Adult Social Care
A ten year vision for adult social care has been published which will help provide greater choice for those receiving care and certainty over costs
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NCF Counts Down to Christmas by Shining a Spotlight on Inspiring Care
As Christmas draws closer and we begin to turn our attention to the festivities, an important part of the legacy of 2021 will be the…
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NHS Will Do Everything It Can to Roll Out Boosters But Government Must Give Clear Messages
Responding to the No 10 press conference on the roll out of coronavirus boosters, Ruth Rankine, director of primary care at the NHS Confederation said:…
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Muted Welcome for Care White Paper
Care providers today gave a muted welcome to reports of a long-awaited White Paper on the future of social care. The Independent Care Group (ICG)…
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Social Care Sector Loses Up to 50,000 Staff in Lead Up to Winter Months
The social care sector in England may have lost up to 50,000 workers across all providers of care, heaping pressure onto burnt out existing staff…
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Carers’ Fears Over Omicron Covid Variant
Carers are calling for urgent Government support to protect the country’s oldest and most vulnerable as the new omicron variant of Covid-19 spreads. They urgently…
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Evidence to Support Mandatory NHS Staff Vaccination Not Good Enough says Lords Committee
The House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has published a report on the Department for Health and Social Care‘s (DHSC) proposed legislation to require all NHS staff
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MPs to Examine How to End Staff Drain from NHS and Social Care
Reasons behind staff leaving the health and social care sectors and how to tackle them will be examined in a new inquiry
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Snap Survey Reveals a Rapidly Deteriorating Picture of Social Care Services
A snap survey of the state of social care services has revealed a rapidly deteriorating picture of hundreds of thousands
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Spending on Children’s and Adult Social Care Not Enough to Support Everyone, Councils Warn
Children’s and adult social care services could fail to support everyone they need to despite making up nearly two-thirds of councils’ total spending due to rising demand
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Health Secretary Defends Social Care Plans Saying ‘Everyone Will be Better Off’
Health & Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid has defended the government’s health and social care plans after critics said they would hit those less well off.
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