People encouraged to raise care concerns
People are being encouraged to speak about their experiences of care as part of a campaign to improve standards in England.
Research by the Care...
Cyber security resource updated to support social care
NHS Digital’s security awareness toolkit has been updated to help support social care organisations to improve safety culture within their settings.
Keep I.T. Confidential, developed...
Government allocates £200m for care workforce to support discharge
Local authorities will receive 40% of a £500m hospital discharge funding pot to help bolster the social care workforce over winter.
Health and social care...
Amicura Ltd ordered to pay more than £200,000 over failures
Care operator Amicura Ltd has been fined by Northamptonshire Magistrates’ Court for failing to protect residents from being exposed to a significant risk of...
Care home told to make urgent improvements
A residential care home has been placed into special measures and told to make urgent improvements by the regulator.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried...
Community support system ‘broken’, report finds
Investment in community support and provision for autistic people and individuals with learning disabilities is significantly below the level required, a group of MPs...
Reducing the burden
Co-founder and director of Person Centred Software Jonathan Papworth explains why the interoperability of data between the NHS and social care will continue at...
CAMHS referrals up 26%
The number of referrals to specialist child mental health services has increased by 26% over the last five years, research by the Education Policy...
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...
Mental health hospital placed into special measures by CQC
A mental health hospital run by the Danshell Group has been placed under special measures by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after receiving an...
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