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Adult social care providers asked ‘to run faster on empty’
The Spending Review (SR) has been criticised for not providing significant new funding to reform adult social care or money to implement the proposed...
Partnership aims to improve procurement in the care sector
Procurement for Care and i-curate are partnering to provide technology-driven solutions to operators in the sector.
This partnership brings together two family-run businesses that will...
Palliative care lacks ‘cohesive’ national strategy, commission finds
Palliative care is patchy across the UK with support lacking to both the public and to staff in services, a commission has concluded.
It is...
Homecare fees fall short of meeting rising costs, research shows
More than a quarter of homecare contracts in England are at rates below direct employment costs at the legal minimum wage.
This is undermining safety...
Councils under a ‘great cloud of uncertainty’, says CCN
Councils are calling for an injection of long-term funding for social care to allow them to invest in and protect frontline services, alongside a...
Fortava Healthcare launches with backing from Downing LLP
Fortava Healthcare Ltd – a new dementia care company based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire – has launched with investment from funds managed by Downing LLP.
The...
Lumin Solutions launches digital care platform for children’s sector
Health tech start-up Lumin Solutions has launched a digital platform for the children’s social care sector.
MyLifePlan is an outcome-focused care planning system that aims...
Investing in workforce ‘critical’ to improving outcomes for young people
Placements for children in care costing over £500,000 per year are on the rise, causing financial strain on local authorities and little improvement in...
Organisations urge government to work with sector to help ease pressures
A group of nearly 100 organisations are calling on the government to work with the adult social care sector to help ease pressures on...
Care workers under ‘immense strain and pressure’, survey shows
One-third of care workers (34.3%) have said their job negatively affects their mental health, a wellbeing survey have revealed.
Data published by The Care Workers’...
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