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CHA excludes membership to organisations involving tax havens
The Children’s Homes Association (CHA) has amended its membership criteria to exclude organisations that involve tax havens.
CHA has more than 300 members of varying...
Concerns over care service sustainability, survey reveals
Some care providers in Scotland rely totally on staff from overseas, posing ‘significant risks’ to service sustainability.
A survey by Scottish Care, the representative body...
Challenges persist to reward care workers with more experience
Care workers with five or more years of experience are paid just eight pence per hour more on average than staff that are new...
Championing Social Care applies to become independent charity
Championing Social Care (CSC) has become an independent entity and applied to the Charity Commission for registration as a charity.
The initiative started in 2018...
Home Office urged to clamp down on rogue operators
Home Office control measures to mitigate care workers from risk of exploitation have been ‘totally inadequate’, a borders and immigration report has found.
Mistakes led...
HC-One invests in staff wages and sick pay
HC-One is investing over £39m in staff wages that will see over 80% of its workers moving to at, or above, real living wage...
More than 10,000 people in Scotland on care at home waiting lists
More than 10,000 people in Scotland are waiting for a social care at home assessment or package.
Figures from Public Health Scotland show 6,811 people...
Lack of understanding stifling adoption of technology enabled care
Half of councils believe there is little or almost no understanding of technology enabled care (TEC) across the health and social care workforce.
While 97%...
Provider fails to show it complied with ombudsman’s recommendations
A critical notice has been published against a care home for not being able to show it complied with recommendations from the Local Government...
Pace of change stalls over planning for seniors housing
Planning remains one of the biggest challenges for the senior housing market as councils across England remain unprepared to provide suitable accommodation.
Research by property...
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