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Difficulties in accessing social care services persist, says Healthwatch
People continue to have difficulties with accessing social care services, with higher levels of unmet and under-met need.
Drawing on more than 15,700 social care...
Homecare workers facing ‘chronic uncertainty’ over income
Headline hourly pay rates in homecare often mask unpaid travel and waiting time, with almost three-quarters of workers (72%) paid for ‘contact time’ only.
Workers...
Keys Group launches inclusion pathways for learners
Keys Group has launched a suite of trauma-informed and technology-enabled programmes to support children and young people who struggle to attend a traditional or...
Underwriters placing emphasis on how care organisations manage risk
Insurance underwriters are looking beyond headline incident rates and placing more emphasis on how adult social care organisations manage emerging risk.
The ability to demonstrate...
Pay disparity between care workers and NHS counterparts persists
The take-home pay gap between adult social care support workers and equivalent NHS Band 3 staff has seen very little improvement over the past...
FNC rates for care homes up more than 5%
Care homes providing nursing care to patients in the community will receive a 5.4% rise in funding to provide specialist support.
The uplift means the...
Unique Senior Care launches digital assessment tool
Homecare provider Unique Senior Care has launched a digital resource that evaluates an older person’s daily life, wellbeing and safety at home.
Its free ‘Is...
Care home bed supply grows 2.4% over past decade, data shows
UK care home bed supply has grown 2.4% over the past decade, according to analysis released by Knight Frank, while the over-65 population has...
Equilibrium Healthcare fined for failing to provide safe care
A care provider and manager have been fined by Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court after failing to provide safe care and treatment to a...
Care centre fined for health and safety failure
Riverside Healthcare Centre has been fined after a resident choked to death on food that had not been prepared in accordance with his dietary...
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