Independent review to shape reform of children’s social care
Education secretary Gavin Williamson has launched an independent review that aims to radically reform children’s social care.
The review will aim to reshape how children...
Unregulated homes for children under 16 to be banned
Placing vulnerable children under the age of 16 in unregulated accommodation will be banned from September.
Children in care under 16 will no longer be...
Review results in Methodist Homes deciding to withdraw from services
Methodist Homes (MHA) plans to stop operating 10 of its care homes in England and Wales, with eight being put up for sale.
Following a...
Kingsley Healthcare opens homecare branch
Kingsley Healthcare has opened a homecare office in Lowestoft, Suffolk.
The provider launched Kingsley Home Care two years ago, starting up in Diss and surrounding...
Scottish health secretary offers EU social care staff support
Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman (pictured) has written to EU social care staff to set out the support available amid uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
In a...
Pharmacists to be deployed in care homes
Pharmacists will be recruited to go into care homes to reduce the risk of overmedication and ‘preventable’ hospital stays, as part of an initiative...
Care workforce urged to help shape women’s health strategy
Social care workers are being urged to respond to a call for evidence that will help shape a women’s health strategy.
Minister for Care Helen...
Almost 40% of Covid-related deaths in Scotland in the community, figures reveal
Thirty-eight percent of coronavirus-related deaths in Scotland have happened in a care home, at home or in a non-institutional setting, latest figures have revealed.
As...
Lack of workforce plan putting strain on care sector
Care providers should come up with solutions to deal with workforce issues because there is no realistic plan being introduced by government, a report...
Tunstall partners with University of Edinburgh to drive innovation
Tunstall Healthcare and the University of Edinburgh have signed a memorandum of understanding that aims to accelerate the delivery of innovative solutions in digital...
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