Providers encouraged to avoid entering into unsustainable contracts
The minimum price for homecare has been calculated at £23.20 per hour, effective from April 2022, when the UK’s statutory minimum and living wages...
Care sector ‘to limp on’ as wait for reform continues
Social care organisations have expressed disappointment at the lack of any detailed announcement about reform of the sector in the Queen’s Speech.
Care England said...
Pupils with special education needs on the rise
The number of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) has increased for a second consecutive year to 1,276,215 in January 2018, from 1,244,255 in...
Fewer people receiving care despite growing demand, report finds
Analysis by The King’s Fund has revealed that more people are requesting care, but fewer adults are receiving it.
The proportion of working-age adults approaching...
Campaign aims to highlight benefits of working in children’s care
A sector-led national recruitment campaign has been launched aimed at inspiring more people to discover career opportunities in children’s homes.
The #IfYouCareYouCan campaign, through films...
Retirement village to become employee owned
Retirement village operator Middleton Hall is to become an ‘employee owned’ company from April 2019.
The ARCO member will be the first UK retirement community...
County authority consults on care costs
A county authority has launched a consultation on how people who use adult social care services contribute to their costs.
North Yorkshire County Council is...
Health Foundation invests in projects to support workforce
The Health Foundation is investing in 23 projects that will look at how to improve health and social care through supporting the workforce.
The projects...
Balhousie cancels registration following ‘serious and significant concerns’
Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership (AHSCP) has taken over the running of Balhousie Huntly following ‘serious and significant concerns’ raised by the inspectorate,...
Inquiry concludes children subjected to ‘utmost depravity’
Children were subjected to abuse that ‘reached levels of the utmost depravity’ at residential institutions run by the Sisters of Nazareth between 1933 and...
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