Low fee rates leading to shortage of homecare workers
The minimum fee rate for buying homecare by local authorities and the NHS has been calculated at £25.95 per hour, up from £23.20.
Allowing for...
One in ten putting aside money to pay for care
Just one in ten adults (12%) aged 55 and over are putting aside money to pay for their future care, according to consumer watchdog...
Government considers over-40s social care tax
The government is considering funding social care through a German-styled model, with a 2.5% levy on wages for the over 40s, a new report...
HICA and former manager fined following sexual abuse of resident
Humberside Independent Care Association (HICA) and a previous manager have been ordered to pay more than £154,000 for failing to protect a resident who...
Pay should reflect complexity of care work, survey reveals
Eight in ten people (83%) believe care work is highly skilled and increasingly complex and pay rates should reflect this.
The findings from a Survation...
Yellowhammer document warns of risks to providers
An increase in inflation following the UK’s exit from the EU could ‘significantly impact’ adult social care providers because of rising staff and supply...
Maturing retirement living sector attracting investors
Older people’s care and retirement living continue to attract the most interest from investors when they are targeting healthcare assets.
According to the UK Healthcare...
DfE ends SLCN contract
The Department for Education (DfE) has discontinued a specialist Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) contract it funded for ten years.
Instead, the department has...
National Care Forum publishes eight-point plan for reform
The National Care Forum has published an eight-point plan for social care reform and urged the government to move forward from ‘rhetoric to action’.
It...
Charity calls for £8bn to stabilise social care services
The next government must invest £8bn over the next 24 months to stabilise exiting social care services, a charity has warned.
Age UK said emergency...
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