Charity calls for £8bn to stabilise social care services
The next government must invest £8bn over the next 24 months to stabilise exiting social care services, a charity has warned.
Age UK said emergency...
Care start-up receives £8.5m cash injection
Scottish health start-up Care Sourcer has raised £8.5m to expand its services, with a cash injection of £6m from Legal & General and £2.5m...
Care bodies call for better oversight
Two leading care groups have called for an oversight body to look at how local authorities are delivering social care due to a lack...
CareTech granted extension over possible Cambian deal
The deadline for CareTech Holdings to announce its intention to make a firm offer for the Cambian Group has been extended by more than...
Sue Ryder reports deficit despite income growth
Sue Ryder delivered more hours of homecare north of the border last year following successful tenders, with it now offering provision in Arbroath, Stirling,...
Councils failing Care Act duties, report finds
Struggling unpaid carers are not being supported properly until they reach crisis point, while nearly half of councils risk breaching their Care Act duties,...
Children being ‘pinged’ about the care system
Thousands of children are ‘pinging’ around the care system, changing homes, schools or social worker.
Publishing her second stability index, an annual report which tracks...
Independent Age CEO steps down
Janet Morrison (pictured) has stepped down as chief executive of Independent Age with immediate effect after nearly 12 years.
Groups claim mental capacity bill makes ‘unjustifiable assumptions’
Concerns have been raised by care sector organisations about a revised impact assessment concerning changes to the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill, which is progressing...
Fremantle posts positive results after cutting use of agency staff
A reduction in agency staff use proved positive for The
Fremantle Trust after it posted a surplus for the first time in five...
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