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Children’s residential care costs almost double, says report
Residential care costs for looked-after children have almost doubled in five years, reaching £3.1bn in 2023-24 (2019-20: £1.6bn), data from the National Audit Office...
Visiting Angels expands into north London
Homecare provider Visiting Angels has expanded into north London, launching in Islington.
Visiting Angels North London is led by Max Read, who spent nearly a...
Oakland Care expands memory care provision
Oakland Care has expanded its memory care floor at Elmbrook Court in Wantage, Oxfordshire.
The additional space is in response to growing demand for its...
Partnership aims to improve care for people with hearing loss
SweetTree Home Care Services is partnering with deaf awareness training provider Engage to help improve the care and support provided to those with age-related...
System of distributing care funds through councils ‘must go’, says report
The system of distributing funds for care through local authorities should end, according to a report by the Social Care Foundation (SCF).
It calls for...
Inspection backlog of homecare providers worsens, data reveals
Regulation of homecare providers has worsened over the past 12 months, with the inspection backlog growing and fewer people able to rely on ratings...
Baroness Casey of Blackstock chairs cross-party roundtable
Baroness Casey of Blackstock has chaired a cross-party roundtable to discuss the work of the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care.
The meeting, held in...
Care staff at Enable Scotland strike over low pay
Care workers employed by Enable Scotland are taking two days of strike action this week in Glasgow and Lanarkshire, as part of an ongoing...
Tech innovators partner on smart solution for social care
Digital health and care solutions provider Everon Group is partnering with analytics specialists Howz to help deliver a more intelligent, preventative model of care.
They...
Care home director fined for ignoring personal information request
A director has been ordered to pay more than £6,000 for preventing information held by a care home from being disclosed.
Jason Blake refused to...
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