Next Steps On Addressing Carer’s Allowance Overpayments Announced
The government has announced the next steps with a major review of the Carer’s Allowance as it aims to put an end to the controversy…
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Social Care
Investors Urged To Tackle Exploitation And Improve Labour Rights In English Care Sector
New research from the University of Nottingham, and funded by Friends Provident Foundation, highlights the role investors and government can play in helping to improve…
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LGA Calls For 10-Year Plan For Adult Social Care To Match NHS Strategy
The Government needs to co-create a 10-year plan for adult social care for the upcoming NHS long-term plan to succeed, councils have said. In its…
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Social Care Sector Will Be Forced To Take Action Unless “Change Comes”
CAMPAIGNERS say social care will have to take some form of action if changes do not come quickly enough to save the sector. They are…
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Care Provider Launches New Regional Identity With HC-One Wales
HC-One has launched its new Welsh identity with the opening of a new office at the Quarry Hall Care Home in Cardiff. HC-One Wales, the…
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PM Sets Out Blueprint For Decade Of National Renewal
The Prime Minister has set out the milestones for how government will deliver on its national missions through a Plan for Change to drive real…
Read more...Anger Over ‘Meaningless’ Petition Response
Social Care providers have reacted angrily to a “meaningless” Government response to a petition calling for the sector to be exempt from the increase in…
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Social Care Sector Petition to Exempt Employers from NIC Increase Garners Government Response
The government has issued a response to a petition to Exempt all social care providers from the employer NIC increase”. The petition called on the…
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Save Social Care, Save The NHS Campaign Launched To Avert “National Emergency”
The “catastrophic unintended consequences” of the Budget will be a disaster for hospitals in Wales, say social care leaders. That was the warning from Care…
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Housing CEO Urges Chancellor To Reconsider National Insurance Shift
THE CEO of one of the country’s biggest housing associations has demanded urgent action from the UK Government to avert a crisis in the care…
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Plummeting Visa Numbers Leave Social Care Sector in Crisis
There has been a substantial decrease in the number of Health and Care Worker visas granted in the UK over the past year, leading to…
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Unpaid Carers Supported By £22.6 Million Investment In Innovation
New technology and innovations in care will improve the lives of unpaid carers and care users following a funding boost announced by the Minister of…
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Government Publishes The Older People’s Housing Taskforce Report
The Government has today published the report of the Older People’s Housing Taskforce: ‘Our future homes: housing that promotes wellbeing and community for an ageing…
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Chippenham Care Home Hosts Community Bake Off Competition
Cepen Lodge Care Home in Chippenham invited local professionals to a networking event with a twist – the Great Cepen Bake Off. Taking place on…
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Bury St Edmunds Care Home Resident and Student Pen Pal Meet Up For The First Time
Care home resident Pat Herd (90 years old), who lives at RMBI Care Co. Home Cornwallis Court, in Bury St Edmunds, was overjoyed when she…
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