Shortage of placements for children in care needs resolving, says ADCS president
The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has vowed to work with government departments and providers to achieve a...
Home Instead partners university on research programme
Home Instead Senior Care is partnering with the University of York to research homecare for older people.
The three-year programme, which will research person-centred homecare,...
Fee freeze ‘insulting’ to care homes, says Care England
Care England has told councils to take their legal duties seriously after some local authorities decided to freeze fees that are paid to care...
Danshell opens first supported living service
Danshell, a specialist UK support provider for people with autism and learning disabilities, has opened its first supported living service in Staffordshire.
The service will...
Social care responsibilities leading to tighter budgets, NAO report finds
Councils with social care responsibilities are increasingly having less headroom to find savings, with their share of spend in this area rising ten percentage...
Lack of foster carers leading to children missing out on support
A lack of capacity in foster care is leading to children missing out on support, according to Ofsted.
Its annual fostering statistics showed the number...
Vivo Care Choices ordered to pay more than £200,000
Vivo Care Choices Ltd has been ordered to pay almost £220,000 by magistrates, following an incident that left an 89-year-old woman injured.
The operator, which...
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...
Hancock told to ‘grasp the social care challenge’
NHS Confederation leaders have written to new health and social care secretary Matt Hancock urging him to create integrated services as well as introduce...
Antipsychotic drugs being inappropriately prescribed, finds report
Antipsychotic drugs are increasingly being used in care home settings to ‘manage’ challenging behaviour of people with dementia, a report by a National Assembly...
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