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More people to receive joined-up care through integrated systems

Over 12 million people in England hope to benefit from better integration between health and social care services as four new areas join an...

Bluebird Care to roll out recruitment app

Bluebird Care plans to roll out employee referral app Care Friends, as part of its recruitment process across its network of 200-plus franchises in...

Arts can help ageing and loneliness, says Hancock

Person-centred social prescribing can help tackle ageing, loneliness, mental health, and other long-term conditions, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt...
Councillor Philip Atkins, Conservative vice-chairman of the County Councils Network

Councils re-routing funds to pay for care services

Councils have warned that more money will be needed for care services if they are to protect spending on museums, libraries and the arts. Research...

Charity warns against cap on care costs

More than half (51%) of homeowners in England over the age of 50 fear losing their savings and homes to pay for their care...

Health and social care integration can lead to flexible career paths, inquiry told

Health and social care integration in Denmark has led to a professionalised workforce that has the flexibility to work across both fields, UK MPs...

CQC ‘exploring’ new structures of working

The care regulator needs to reorganise itself and move away from working in silos, as part of its vision to be a more flexible...

Target seal deals for £13.9m

Listed care home investor Target Healthcare REIT has completed the purchase of two sites for £13.9m. The group has bought the freehold of Cantley Grange,...

Residential care less likely to be considered, survey finds

Almost a third of people are less likely to seek residential care for an elderly relative than before coronavirus, research from Policy Exchange and...

Care home operators potentially face ‘massive threat’

Operators of care homes for older people face ‘a massive threat’ as part of government plans to tackle persistent unfairness in the system. Under the...