CQC Seeks Views on How Providers Should Pay Their Regulatory Fees in 2018/19
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) are seeking views on new proposals for how they should calculate the fees that providers of health and adult social…
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Social Care
Memory Walk for Care Home Resident with Dementia
A CARE home resident with dementia has helped raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society by taking part in a three-mile memory walk. Audrey Bracewell, who…
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Half of UK Workers Aged 40-64 Won’t Have Enough Money to Retire
Half of all workers aged 40-64 – nearly eight million people – do not expect to have enough money to stop work and retire when…
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Care Home Football Fans Head to the Home of English Football
National home care provider HC-One has been pulling out all the stops to make residents wishes come true at Aston House Care Home in Hayes….
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LGA Responds To Social Care Spending Figures
Cllr Linda Thomas, Vice Chair of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, responds to new figures from NHS Digital which show that the annual…
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Social Care Spending Up £556m as Costs Also Rise
Annual spending by local authorities on social care rose by £556 million in 2016/17 to £17.5 billion, new figures show. That constitutes a 3.3 per cent…
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Return To Social Work Programme Launched To Retrain 100 Social Workers
The Local Government Association (LGA), in partnership with central government and with the support of the Government Equalities Office, is launching its Return to Social…
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New Projects To Encourage Diversity In Adult Social Care
Skills for Care has launched four innovative projects to encourage adult social care employers to ‘look past the label’ and recruit people from traditionally under-represented…
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VODG Call On Government To Fund Social Care To Be Strong & Sustainable
Successive governments’ failure to properly fund social care is leaving millions of people at risk of losing vital support, according to a new analysis published…
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More Than Half Of Councils To Overspend Adult Social Care Budgets
More than half of councils expect to overspend their adult social care budgets this year by up to nearly £21 million each, while all local…
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Aegon Hits Out at Rumoured Delay in Addressing Social Care Funding Crisis
The Government is rumoured to have put on hold its consultation on social care funding until next Summer. While the next 18 months of the…
Read more...New Report: Government Must Fund Social Care To Be Strong And Sustainable
Successive governments’ failure to properly fund social care is leaving millions of people at risk of losing vital support, according to a new analysis published…
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Survey Of Adults Receiving Social Care And Support Services Shows Slight Rise In Reports Of Feeling Safe
70.1 per cent of people receiving social services care feel “as safe as they want” according to the results of a survey published by NHS…
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Bishop Of Manchester Joins Salvation Army’s Calls To Reform Adult Social Care And Address Needs Of Poorest Older People
The government was warned against the potential dangers of not recognising the need to reflect the true cost of care for older people when it…
Read more...Aegon Research Shows People Unwilling To Sacrifice Their Home To Cover Social Care Costs
Two thirds believe costs should be shared between the individual and the Government 9 in 10 (87%) favour an overall limit on individual contributions Saving…
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