Short staffing a ‘baseline reality’ for adult social care providers

Staffing fragility has become a ‘systematic operating condition’ across adult social care rather than an isolated, infrequent issue. Research by Care England, in partnership with...

Priory to open nurse-led community service for specialist care

Priory is set to open a nurse-led community service that provides a residential alternative to hospital for adults with complex mental health needs. Melton Place...

Cera partners with Promptly Health to support geriatric drug development

Cera is partnering with Promptly Health to help accelerate drug development that is focused on the over-65 population. The partnership integrates Cera’s dataset into Promptly’s...

Horizon reopens Great Howarth School following refurbishment

Horizon Care and Education has reopened Great Howarth School in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, following an expansion and refurbishment project. The independent specialist day school provides...

Orbis Education and Care reopens refurbished Ty George home

Orbis Education and Care has reopened its refurbished adult home Ty George in Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan. The four-bedroom home supports adults who may have a...

Minimum income guarantee for adults with disabilities up 7%

More than 150,000 people will get at least £400 to help with the cost of living, as part of support for adults with disabilities. The...

Church Farm at Cotgrave achieves veteran friendly framework status

Veteran friendly framework (VFF) status has been granted to Church Farm at Cotgrave in Nottinghamshire after it met a series of national standards that...

Additional funds allocated to stem RLW shortfall in care

Additional funding to address a shortfall in paying social care workers the real living wage (RLW) in Scotland has been welcomed by both providers...

Home Instead UK to sponsor weekend TV show

Home Instead UK will sponsor ITV show Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh, as part of a year-long television campaign. The homecare provider has created...

Campaign launched to improve awareness of care options

The majority of people in the UK have made no plans for how they will fund or access future care, research commissioned by Bluebird...