Social care in need of immediate cash injection, says ADASS president
The care sector needs additional funds and extra staff to support its workforce and avoid a collapse of its services, council directors have said.
The...
Interlinked vulnerabilities impacting children, says outgoing commissioner
A child growing up in poverty is 88% more likely to have a special educational need than a young person from a wealthier background.
Delivering...
Proposal for mandatory Covid-19 jabs receives mixed response
Plans to make Covid-19 vaccinations among care workers a legal requirement have received a mixed response.
Health and social care secretary of state Matt Hancock...
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...
ADCS calls for ‘refreshed approach’ to children’s homes registration
A ban on placing under 16s in semi-independent placements will make it harder in finding homes for vulnerable children, the Association of Directors of...
Sure Care nursing home placed in special measures
A care home operated by Sure Care (UK) Ltd has been rated as ‘inadequate’ overall and placed in special measures.
Derwent Lodge Nursing Home in...
Care home told to make urgent improvements
A residential care home has been placed into special measures and told to make urgent improvements by the regulator.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried...
Integrated technological approaches needed in housing and care, report urges
Technology and digital infrastructure that support future care needs must be built into all new housing, a report has urged.
Following a six-month inquiry by...
Additional funds provided to support sector
An extra £60m has been provided to local authorities to support the adult social care response to Covid-19 in January.
Funding is on top of...
Children’s social care services in Bradford to be run by trust
Children’s social care services in Bradford, West Yorkshire, have been placed into a not-for-profit trust that will aim to drive improvements.
The move follows recommendations...
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