NCF launches environmental sustainability member network
National Care Forum (NCF) has launched a membership network to support organisations embarking on their journeys towards sustainability.
The representative body for not-for-profit social care...
Proposed 10% rise in funding for providers seen as ‘derisory’
Proposals to give adult social care providers a 10% increase in funding to help address rising demand and costs caused by the coronavirus pandemic...
Care ‘developing haphazardly’, says ADASS president
Care and support have been ‘developing haphazardly’, with the pandemic illustrating the sector should never again be ‘treated as an afterthought’.
Sarah McClinton, who has...
Nexus Care Services launch children’s division
Nexus Care Services has launched a social and educational support service for young people aged 13-18.
The division will provide services in and around Sutton...
Integrated care ‘complex and time consuming’, say MPs
There is no hard evidence that integrated care – at least in the short term – saves money, with the process being complex and...
Dearth of retirement living options, says report
Retirement living schemes need to be dementia-friendly and cater for changing requirements, so people do not to have to contemplate moving should symptoms become...
Financial frailty of care providers needs resolving, says new ADASS president
The ‘distressed situation’ care providers find themselves in needs to be addressed with sustained support, the new president of the Association of Directors of...
CareLineLive’s growing partnership with NHS trust helps free up beds
Homecare management software provider CareLineLive has expanded its partnership with Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT), helping to free up hospital beds...
PPE needs to ‘cascade’ across whole system, MPs told
Personal protective equipment (PPE) and testing kits need to be supplied across both health and social care to help better manage the process of...
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...
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