Students Celebrate Achievement at Graduation Event
A group of students are celebrating their achievement after graduating from a course that prepares them for the workplace. Ace@Optalis is a course run by…
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Social Care
We’ll Save to Pay for Care in Old Age
New research from AIG Life shows nearly half of adults would be willing to save into a special fund to pay for any care they…
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CQC Figures Reveal Increase in Serious Care Home Injuries
There has been an alarming increase in the number of serious injuries reported by care homes in England according to data from the Care Quality…
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£3 Million Boost To Develop Social Care Managers
Adult social care’s 21,200 registered managers and their deputies are in line to benefit from £3 million through the Workforce Development Fund (WDF) that’s specifically…
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People with Dementia Spend Almost £15bn of their Own Money Waiting for Government Care Reforms
New analysis published today (Tuesday 9 July) by Alzheimer’s Society reveals people living with dementia have had to spend almost £15bn of their own money…
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Patients Face Long Wait to see Benefits from NHS funding Boost
New analysis from The King’s Fund suggests that patients face a long wait before they will see improvements in care as a result of the…
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Unpaid Carers Face Bleak Financial Future Paying Care Costs
New research released today by Carers UK, the leading membership charity for people caring unpaid for family and friends, shows unpaid carers are “bankrupting their…
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New Tools Launched Support Senior Nurses Working to Integrate Health and Social Care in Scotland
Nurses on integration authority (IA) boards in Scotland have access to a new set of tools with the publication of a competency framework. IA nurse…
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Health and Social Care Secretary Sets Out Social Care Strategy
Speaking to the Local Government Association at its annual conference in Bournemouth earlier this week, Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock set out the…
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Make Care a Priority, Leadership Candidates Urged
As the Conservative leadership hustings headed to Yorkshire, the two candidates were urged to make the growing crisis in social care more of a priority…
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‘Social Care Funding: Time to End a National Scandal’ Lords Report Published
£8 billion should be spent immediately by the Government to restore the quality of and access to adult social care in England to acceptable levels….
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Government Must Get a Grip on Monumental Social Care Challenge, says NHS Confederation
Responding to the publication of the Local Government Association’s One Year On: the LGA green paper for adult social care and wellbeing report, Niall Dickson,…
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National Care Home Open Day Celebrated in Camberley
Kings Lodge care home in Camberley joined forces with the towns Alzheimer’s Café to celebrate National Care Home Open Day. Care Home Open Day is…
Read more...LGA Sets Ten-Week Deadline to Publish Social Care Green Paper
The LGA, which represents councils in England and Wales, is making the call at its Annual Conference in Bournemouth today as it launches a publication…
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Survey Reveals Lack of Communication in Social Care Services
A new survey finds that almost two-thirds of people who access social care and support services, or care for those who do, feel that they…
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