Recruitment and staff retention ‘serious and deteriorating’, says CQC
Recruitment and staff retention continue to be severe problems for adult social care, with the situation ‘serious and deteriorating’, the regulator has said.
It has...
Vegetarians and vegans in care settings facing ‘daily challenges’
Better awareness is needed to protect philosophical or religious beliefs when providing food to people in care settings.
An all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on vegetarianism...
Promedica24 to invest more than £2m in workforce
Live-in care provider Promedica24 is the latest operator to invest in its workforce as part of a recruitment drive.
It has increased pay for its...
‘Hastily scraped together’ care cap amendment rejected by peers
Members of the House of Lords have voted against a government amendment to the Care Act covering the cap on care costs, with one...
Recruitment continues to be an issue as vacancy rate rises
Social care vacancy rates are continuing to rise and remain above pre-Covid levels, data has revealed.
Rates increased from 6.1% in April 2021 to 10.3%...
Councillors agree to transfer care homes to Sanctuary
Plans that will see the freehold of 14 care home sites transferred to Sanctuary Housing Association to support its acquisition of Cornwall Care have...
Number of people waiting for care assessments continues to grow
More than 290,000 people are now waiting for an assessment of their care and support needs by social workers, an increase of 90,000 (44%)...
Funds too often delivered in ‘dribs and drabs’, Dilnot tells committee
Funds provided to adult social care have too often been in ‘dribs and drabs’ rather than in a coherent and planned way, Sir Andrew...
Low fee rates leading to shortage of homecare workers
The minimum fee rate for buying homecare by local authorities and the NHS has been calculated at £25.95 per hour, up from £23.20.
Allowing for...
Abbeyfield to provide pay uplifts to attract and retain staff
Abbeyfield Society will be increasing its overall pay wage bill by 15% for frontline staff as it looks to attract and retain workers by...
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