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Skills for Care outlines options to improve sector pay
Skills for Care has identified three options to improve pay for workers in adult social care in England.
Its A Workforce Strategy for Adult Social...
Working-age disabled adults potentially missing out on care
More than a quarter (28%) of working-age disabled adults have never accessed social care or other support despite potentially being eligible.
Healthwatch England found people...
New Age Care opens second office
New Age Care has opened a second homecare office as it expands its offering across the Midlands.
The business has opened in Longbridge, West Midlands,...
Toolkit aims to support care organisations with innovations
Warwick Business School has designed a toolkit for organisations to help them implement ideas that support care leavers.
Its innovation toolkit has been produced as...
Stability of care markets remains a concern for council directors
Adult social care budgets were overspent by £586m in 2023/24 – the highest levels for at least a decade.
A rise in complex and long-term...
Market sentiment improving as transactions complete
Transaction volumes in older people’s care real estate settled at £250m in the second quarter, bringing the year-to-date total to around £740m.
Figures released by...
Ombudsman issues notice over provider’s refusal to refund fees
Priory Mews Healthcare Ltd has refused to refund fees it charged a family for their relative’s care, despite the ombudsman insisting it should.
The Local...
Demand for children’s services continues to rise, says report
Demand for high-acuity complex children’s services – both residential and educational placements – has continued to rise, with corporate and regional operators looking to...
Homecare providers struggling to meet demand
Nearly half of homecare providers cannot meet demand despite improvements in staff retention, while others have a lack of work for their care workers.
Findings...
Care Provider Alliance urges regulator to take ‘swift and decisive’ action
Nurses working in social care need to be supported by a regulator that upholds the highest standards of professionalism and public protection.
The Care Provider...
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