Care home provider fined for fire
Newgrange of Cheshunt Ltd has been fined £175,000 for the fire which killed two pensioners at a care home in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, in April...
Innovation fund to develop support for unpaid carers
A £5m fund has been set up to invest in innovative ways of supporting unpaid carers, outside of mainstream health and care services.
The Carers...
Court ruling backs CQC to close care service
Lime Trees Residential Care Home Ltd has failed in its bid to stop the Care Quality Commission from cancelling its registration.
At the Royal Courts...
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...
Derwent Living pilots virtual reality for older residents
Derwent Living is piloting virtual reality among its retirement living customers to help support good mental health and reduce social isolation.
The virtual reality technology,...
Plaid Cymru pledges free social care
Free social care at the point of need is one of the key proposals outlined in Plaid Cymru’s manifesto.
Plans would be delivered through a...
Points-based system would ‘shut the door’ on care workers
A points-based immigration system would effectively ‘shut the door’ on thousands of people needed to shore up the social care workforce.
Responding to the Migration...
Care providers at the frontline in coronavirus response, says Hancock
Adult social care will be at the frontline in the government’s ongoing response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday...
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...
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...
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