‘Age apartheid’ leading to divisions within communities, says report
Britain is one of the most age segregated countries in the world, with people of different ages unlikely to mix with each other outside...
Lack of money in care sector needs recognising, says LaingBuisson founder
The adult social care sector is in a ‘bind’ as local authorities are finding it impossible to fund the true cost of care, the...
Funding to help bridge tech gap between NHS and social care
Local authorities will have access to extra money to develop digital adult social care projects to support vulnerable people to live independently for longer.
To...
Westminster nursing home placed in special measures
Garside House Nursing Home in the London borough of Westminster has been placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
An inspection of...
Commissioner calls for urgent review into children’s residential care market
The Children’s Commissioner is calling for a review into the children’s residential care market after a report revealed four in ten young people in...
Children and adolescent wards fail inspection
Mental health wards for children and young people at Priory Ticehurst House in Wadhurst, East Sussex, have failed an inspection report by the regulator.
Care...
Cross-party agreement on social care doubtful, says Laing
Cross-party agreement on the future of social care is unlikely, LaingBuisson founder William Laing has told BBC Radio 4.
At the weekend Prime Minister Boris...
Social care vacancies rise by 43%, research shows
Demand for social care staff in Scotland is growing as job vacancies in the sector rose by 43% in the past year.
Research from careers...
Innovation fund needed to support sector, NCF says
The next government should create an innovation transformation fund to help support the sector to develop new models of care.
A pot of investment would...
Social care workforce challenge underestimated
The scale of the workforce challenge in social care has so far been underestimated, research by Nuffield Trust has revealed.
An election briefing document said...
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