Make Social Care Free And Save NHS £4.5 Billion A Year, Says Think Tank
Free care for all over-65s would remove fears about savings for millions and put dementia patients on same footing as those with cancer Introducing free…
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Social Care
We’re “Sleep Walking into Disaster” with More Care Home Closures Looming
Shock new figures show that more than 15 per cent of care homes and domiciliary care companies in Wales don’t expect to be in business…
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Health And Care Sector ‘Urgently’ Needs To Retain EU Nationals, Says Cavendish Coalition
In response to the NMC Register data report, Nadra Ahmed OBE, co-convenor of the Cavendish Coalition, a group of health and social care organisations that…
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New ADASS President: Envisage The Tuture And Deal With Reality New To Transform Lives
Social care leaders need to envisage the future as well as deal with the reality of now, in order to transform people’s lives, the incoming…
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LGA Responds To Centre For Policy Studies Report On Social Care
Responding to a report by the Centre for Policy Studies putting forward proposals to secure the future of social care, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of…
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Adult Social Care Campaigner Calls On Backbench MPs To Pressure Government
John Woodward OBE, one of the driving forces behind the introduction of childcare vouchers in 2005, is campaigning for a similar scheme to end the…
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Damian Green Calls For Tax Increase On N.I Contributions For Over-50s To Fix Social Care Crisis
People over the age of 50 should be forced to pay at least £300-a-year more in National Insurance contributions to help solve Britain’s “pressing” social…
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More People Asking For Social Care Support But “Fewer Getting It”
Rising disability among working-age adults and a growth in the number of people over 65 is putting rising pressure on the adult social care system…
Read more...Campaigner Calls For New Start On Social Care After Easter
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…
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EU Workers’ Qualifications Will Be Recognised After EU Exit
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….
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The Alzheimer’s Show 2019, Olympia London
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,…
Read more...Care England Expresses Concerns with Mental Capacity Bill
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….
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Over 15,000 People With Neurological Conditions Placed In Nursing Homes
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…
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New Study Examines How Councils Are “Transforming” Social Care
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…
Read more...Campaigner’s Anger Over Response to Letters
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…
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