Release of Green Paper on social care put back to Autumn
Publication of the long awaited Government’s Green Paper on social care funding, promised for this Summer, has again been delayed and is now scheduled to be published this Autumn. When the report was...
View ArticleHC-One and GMB launch ‘Careforce’ to promote careers in care
HC-One, the UK’s biggest care home provider, and the GMB Union came together at the House of Commons in mid-June to launch Careforce, an initiative which champions careers in care. Devised by HC-One...
View ArticleMPs’ report welcomed ahead of social care Green Paper
Provider representative body Care England has welcomed the report from the joint inquiry by the Health Select Committee and the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee into the long...
View ArticleNurses’ pay – Care England calls for parity for social care sector nurses
Following the recent pay award for nurses in the NHS, provider representative body Care England says nurses working in independent care homes seem not to have been given the same priority by the...
View ArticleCQC report makes recommendations for change
The Care Quality Commission (CQC), has published a report bringing together key findings and recommendations for change, following the completion of 20 local authority area reviews exploring how older...
View ArticleNational Audit Office reports on the health and social care interface
The National Audit Office (NAO) has published a report assessing the challenges preventing health and social care from working together effectively. In a move to encourage the Government to create a...
View ArticleFairhome to invest an initial £25m in public provision in Northern Ireland
Specialist social care developer Fairhome Group have announced a £25m investment in the Northern Ireland care sector as part of its plans to bring a new funding model to the province. The group has...
View ArticleLGA launches own green paper on adult social care
The Local Government Association (LGA) has today launched a nationwide consultation to kick-start what it says is a desperately-needed debate on how to pay for adult social care and rescue the services...
View ArticleCare England collects F.O.I. data on fees
Caring Times, July/August 2018 Provider representative body Care England has initiated a series of Freedom of Information requests across 152 councils to gather data on commissioning activity for...
View ArticleUnion probe finds many are having trouble paying for their social care
Caring Times, July/August 2018 An investigation by GMB, the union for carers, has revealed at least 166,000 people are trapped in debt for their social care. The Freedom of Information requests,...
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