Social Care

A social care leader fears the world could be hit by a new pandemic sooner rather than later.

Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales, is concerned it could pose an even greater threat if it involves a vaccine-resistant virus.

When the Championing Social Care Committee came together with their collective vision to ‘Shine a Light’ on the brilliance of the Care Sector teams and the vibrancy of their care workers

Dudley council has agreed to refund care home top-up fees for concerned families whose relatives were not offered an affordable placement, because of a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation.

Bourne lady, Janice Day, retires today following an incredible 36-year career in social care. 

Mark Milton, CEO of UK charity care provider Ambient Support, joined via Zoom

A Bristol nurse has been handed one of the first-ever National Social Care awards by the government’s chief nurse for adult social care, in recognition of his outstanding work in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A drive to expand the use of digital technology in social care is expected to lead to £127m worth of benefits.

Analysis of NHS Digital’s Social Care Programme found that new ways of working will reduce hospital admissions

Ravi Bains, social care entrepreneur and Founder of the Contollo Care Group, has outlined his vision to improve the social care system in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A consultation has been launched to seek the public’s views ahead of the creation of a National Care Service, which will ensure everyone who needs it can expect the same standards of care, wherever they live in Scotland.

Thousands of frontline social care workers are being offered a lifeline of mental health support after new figures from SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) revealed that the vast majority

A new report calls for a new framework and funding to make assistive technology ‘mainstream’ in adult social care services, including providing the infrastructure to roll this out effectively in rural areas

11,171 certificates of sponsorship were used for health and social care workers in the UK during the first quarter of this year. Each certificate equates to a migrant worker. At the start of 2018, there were 3,370.

State-of-the-art care village operator Belong has been granted planning permission for the North West’s first nursery within a care setting, at its most recent development,…