Chancellor announces extra £650m for social care
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced an additional £650m for social care in 2019/20 to help with the ‘immediate problems’ the sector is facing.
The grant...
Government launches care leavers scheme
The government has launched a ten-year initiative to help improve the career prospects of young people leaving care.
More than 50 businesses, including Amazon,...
Regulator launches fees consultation
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its consultation on fees that it proposes to charge providers in 2019/20.
The regulator is making specific proposals...
Priory to open specialist school in Devon
The Priory Group is to open a school for young people with autism and learning difficulties in Tavistock, Devon, today (Monday 29 October).
The behavioural...
Action group urges Scotland to take lead on tackling loneliness
Charities and organisations have called on the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to lead from the front and ensure that Scotland becomes the world leader...
Most people not planning how they will fund their care
Roughly half of English adults do not know what ‘social care’ means and have not planned how they will pay for their care when...
Declining confidence among council leaders to deliver care
Confidence among council leaders and chief executives to deliver adult social care has declined by 21% in the past eight months, a survey has...
Net capacity boost for CareTech
Net capacity in residential and supported living at CareTech was 2,622 places at the year-end (2017: 2,534 places), a net increase of 88, its trading...
Voyage Care partners with Chroma to provide music therapy
Chroma is partnering with Voyage Care to provide neurologic arts therapy to patients who are undergoing neuro-rehabilitation.
The art therapy provider will initially deliver a...
Equal pay strike disrupts homecare services in Glasgow
Around 8,000 council workers took part in a two-day strike over equal pay this week disrupting homecare services in the city.
As well as affecting...