Cornerstone Healthcare to test staff for Covid-19 antibodies
Cornerstone Healthcare is partnering with PremaLabs Diagnostics to test their staff for Covid-19 antibodies to gain a better understanding of the virus and its...
Alliance aims to be collective voice for social care
Care associations across Yorkshire and Humber are joining forces to form one group to represent providers across the area.
Yorkshire and Humber Care Association Alliance...
Children’s social care reform ‘painfully slow’, MPs conclude
The Department for Education needs to do more work in reforming the quality and finances of children’s social care.
A group of MPs has concluded...
Complaints made to ombudsman about adult social care fall
The number of complaints and enquiries about adult social care made to the ombudsman fell to 2,596 in 2021-22 – 15.5% lower than the...
ICSs not addressing ‘longstanding tension’ between health and care
Integrated care systems (ICSs) may not make a difference to patients unless government gets ‘a grip’ of the current health and social care crisis,...
Plan to meet older people’s housing needs published
The Scottish Government has released an updated approach on the issue of housing and older people - providing advice and support to residents so...
Affinity opens service to support vulnerable adults
Affinity Supporting People – part of National Care Group – has opened a service in Liverpool for vulnerable adults with learning difficulties.
The property, which...
Hunt told workforce crisis looming
Three social care bodies have together written to health and social care secretary Jeremy Hunt, warning him of a ‘dire need’ to improve the...
Subdued market impacts McCarthy & Stone profits
Pre-tax profit has fallen 37% to £58m (2017: £92m) at McCarthy & Stone as build cost increases and subdued market conditions impacted the retirement housebuilder.
Its...
Social care register opens for homecare workers
Domiciliary care workers will be able to join a register to legally work in Wales from next month, in the lead up to an...
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