CQC outlines Proposed Regulatory Fees for Providers from Next April
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its consultation on the fees that it proposes to charge providers in 2019/20. The proposals follow the plans…
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Social Care
Memory Walk Fundraising Success for Wetherby Manor Staff
Staff from care home Wetherby Manor in Wetherby have raised a fantastic £1,500 for the Alzheimer’s Society by taking in part in three of the charity’s…
Read more...Let’s Make it a Social Care Budget Say Providers
Care providers are calling on the Chancellor to include a rescue plan for the struggling social care sector in next week’s budget. The Independent Care…
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The Homecare Deficit 2018
Councils in Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care Trusts are continuing to exploit their dominant purchasing power, according to a new report…
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Majority of People Unprepared for Adult Social care Costs
The overwhelming majority of people have not made any plans for how they will pay for adult social care in older age, national public polling…
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Impact Of Brexit On Social Care Presents Risks For Most Vulnerable
Failure to recognise impact of Brexit on social care presents real risks for our most vulnerable citizens Leaders of care provider associations across the UK…
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Local Authorities Receive 5,100 New Requests For Adult Social Care Assistance A Day
New figures from NHS Digital show that local authorities received 1.8 million new requests for adult social care support in 2017-18, an increase of 1.6 per…
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My Tech Vision Will Help Build Most Advanced Health and Care System in the World – Says Health Secretary
Outdated and obstructive NHS IT systems will become a thing of the past, Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has said as he launched…
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Community Allotment Sends Care Home Residents to Beamish
TIME travelling care home residents have taken a journey through the history of the North East – all thanks to a generous allotment project. Residents…
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What a No Deal Brexit Would Mean for Social Care
Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has submitted evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s inquiry…
Read more...Watchdogs Warn Over Prison Social Care
The prison service and local authorities are failing to plan for a rise in elderly, ill and frail inmates, according to a new report from…
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Government Must “Switch Focus” To Community Care From DTOCS, ADASS Warns
The Government must “switch focus” from reducing delays in transfers of care to ensuring community care is fully resourced, following the strong track record of…
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Social Care Bosses Call For Greater Ring-Fenced Funding
Led by the care industry’s top conference and exhibitions; The Care Show and Health+Care, social care chiefs launch a petition today, to get government investing…
Read more...Time Is Running Out For Social Care
Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has submitted evidence to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee’s inquiry…
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Social Care Interest Groups Warn Government That Its Mental Capacity Reforms Are Not Fit For Purpose
Leading social care interest groups from across the care sector are calling on the Government to urgently rethink its Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill that is…
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