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State-financed homecare funding gap widens, report reveals
Councils continue to buy homecare at rates below the cost of delivering safe, regulated and legally compliant care, creating a funding gap of more...
Council pulls out of care home deal
Norfolk County Council has scrapped the proposed sale of Norse Care and its 20 homes to Stow Healthcare.
As reported in January, the council had...
National campaign launched to recruit foster carers
The government has launched a national recruitment campaign to encourage adults to consider fostering.
It will target adults in their 30s and 40s and supports...
Adult social care workforce ‘more stable’ but growth slowing
The adult social care workforce in England has grown for the fourth successive year, with vacancies at their lowest level in a decade.
Data released...
SEND debt to reach more than £10bn, says CCN
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) deficits among councils are on course to reach £10.4bn by March 2028, despite a government bailout.
Data from the...
Wide local variations in access to long-term care, analysis shows
The proportion of people accessing long-term social care varies substantially even between similar local authorities, analysis from The King’s Fund has revealed.
It found some...
Little attention given to homecare workers, Covid inquiry told
The lack of prioritisation given to homecare workers during the pandemic was ‘shameless’, the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry has been told.
Giving evidence on Friday (9...
HICA Group home to offer women-only care
Red House Care Home in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, plans to open Bayle – 24-bed community that will provide residential, dementia, respite and...
More than 100 care staff graduate from Oakland’s training programme
More than 100 care staff have now graduated from Oakland Care’s assistant practitioner development programme, after the latest cohort finished their training this month.
The...
Researchers develop home sensor system to detect emergencies
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is partnering with Integrated System Technologies to develop a monitoring system that combines radar, heat sensors and smart plugs to...
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