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Potential victims of exploitation in care sector on the rise
The number of potential victims of modern slavery and exploitation in the care sector rose by 30% last year.
Data released by charity Unseen showed...
Care provider fined £25,000 for failing to protect resident
Sure Care (UK) Ltd has been ordered to pay £37,000 after it failed to provide safe care and treatment that resulted in harm to...
Vocational training programmes aim to help tackle workforce shortages
Two vocational training programmes have been launched to help address the country’s shortage of adult social care workers.
The City and Guilds-accredited courses have been...
Silverlake Care to expand Coniston Court
Silverlake Care is expanding Coniston Court in Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, adding a 10-bed wing for residential care.
The project, part of a wider £100,000...
Lifeways replaces paper-based care plans with Nourish
Supported living provider Lifeways is replacing its paper-based care plans with electronic management system Nourish.
An NHS-assured supplier of social care technology, Nourish is being...
Provider refuses to refund care costs following investigation
A care provider has refused to refund a man’s estate after the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found it put too restrictive care...
My Care Consultant launches hub for adult social care advice
My Care Consultant has launched a ‘one-stop-shop’ for clients of financial advice firms who need information about adult social care.
My Care Hub will offer...
Anchor improves energy performance of homes
Anchor has upgraded the energy performance of 23 properties in Durham after securing money from the social housing decarbonisation fund (SHDF) wave 2.
The project...
Care agency workers ‘being taken advantage of’
Social care and NHS agency staff have reported being offered pay under the £11.44 per hour minimum wage in the first week of April,...
‘Short delay’ in assessing integrated care systems
A ‘short delay’ has been agreed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Department of Health and Social Care in assessing integrated care systems...
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