Hartford Care to make winter fuel contribution to employees
Hartford Care is making a winter fuel contribution of up to £600 to all its employees paid across two instalments in September and December.
The...
Hft to roll out digital project after receiving grant
Hft is one of 16 organisations that will receive a share of £4.5m to help roll out digital projects on a wider scale.
The charity...
More than 230 million medication errors occur each year, say researchers
An estimated 237 million medication errors could be happening in England each year, according to data, with mistakes in administering drugs more likely to...
CareTech strikes deal to buy Cambian for up to £372m
Social care operator CareTech Holdings has agreed to buy children’s services provider Cambian Group in a deal worth up to £372m.
The enlarged group will...
Chancellor announces additional £1.5bn for social care
Councils will have access to £1.5bn of new funding for social care, Chancellor Sajid Javid has announced.
Most of the money (£1bn) will be available...
Care Workers’ Charity enters partnership to better support sector
The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has partnered with The Outstanding Society to share best practice and better support the social care sector.
They will look...
Care Protect expands into Ireland
Care Protect is continuing with its expansion by opening an office in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
The surveillance and monitoring systems company operates its monitoring...
ICSs not addressing ‘longstanding tension’ between health and care
Integrated care systems (ICSs) may not make a difference to patients unless government gets ‘a grip’ of the current health and social care crisis,...
Tax rises can rescue struggling social care, LGA says
National tax rises must be considered as one of the solutions to help rescue struggling social care services, council leaders have said.
Increases should include...
Scottish government slow to implement pandemic measures
Issues surrounding access to PPE and social care capacity raised in pandemic preparedness exercises were not fully followed up on, an Audit Scotland report...
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