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CoolCare launches tool to give providers clearer visibility
Care home management software provider CoolCare has launched a reporting tool that aims to help operators access, understand and act on operational data more...
Councils’ purchasing power containing fee rates and providers’ margins
The fragmented nature of homecare sector supply means public facing operators usually have no option but to accept prices on offer or to exit....
More RCCs and fostering hubs aim to better support children in care
The government is expanding its model of children’s social care that it has been testing and trialling through regional care cooperatives (RCCs) and fostering...
People unaware of career opportunities in care, report finds
Fewer than one in three people (32%) would consider a career in social care, with many who enter the sector looking for a job...
Social care reform must be ‘built around people rather than services’
Reform of adult social care must be shaped through partnership, rooted in place and built around people and not a system that is designed...
People ‘stuck’ in long-term segregation due to lack of support
Too many autistic people and individuals with a learning disability are subject to long-term segregation (LTS) in inappropriate settings.
Data published by the Care Quality...
Care reform will fail without public consent, Baroness Casey warns
Any temptation to reform adult social care without having a debate with the public about the hard choices involved must be resisted, Baroness Louise...
Home Instead launches in Republic of Ireland
Home Instead is expanding its franchisee operations by launching in the Republic of Ireland.
With more than 1,000 franchise areas worldwide, including over 265 across...
Fuel costs squeezing homecare staff and providers, survey shows
Four-fifths of homecare workers (80%) use their own vehicles for work yet 59% of providers can only afford to reimburse them at 40p per...
‘Fragmented’ social care system putting older people at risk
Financial pressures and emotional strain caused by experiences of the social care system in Wales are contributing to people feeling trapped, unsupported and undervalued.
The...













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