Petition calling free personal care delivered to PM
A petition calling on the government to introduce free personal care for older people has been delivered to No 10.
Staff and campaigners from Independent...
System failing children with SEND, report finds
Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are not getting the help they should, with local authorities coming under growing financial pressure as...
Children’s Commissioner calls for more SEND funding
Political parties are being advised to provide adequate funding for special education needs and disabilities (SEND) support, as part of a manifesto set out...
DHSC to launch second phase of recruitment campaign
The Department of Health and Social Care will launch the next phase of its recruitment campaign as it continues to try and get more...
Council plans to close care homes as part of a £50m programme
A £50m modernisation programme to build five extra care facilities in South Wales could see four care homes for older people close.
Rhondda Cynon Taf...
Time to ‘value, respect and elevate’ care workers, inquiry finds
The identity and status of the social care workforce needs to be ‘transformed as a matter of urgency’, an inquiry has concluded.
Evidence presented to...
Chancellor announces additional £1.5bn for social care
Councils will have access to £1.5bn of new funding for social care, Chancellor Sajid Javid has announced.
Most of the money (£1bn) will be available...
Care work impacting mental health of employees, survey finds.
Four in five care sector employees believe their work has had an impact on their mental health.
The findings have been revealed in a report...
Social care system at risk of collapse in areas, report finds
System failures are having an adverse impact on the social care market, with things so bad in some places that it is becoming impossible...
Self-funders charged £12,500 more than council-funded residents
Care home residents in England who pay their own fees are charged on average £12,500 a year more than those whose bill is paid...
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