Committee calls for end to blanket ban on care home visits
Regulations have been drafted by a group of MPs that would put an end to blanket bans on care home visiting.
Chair of the joint...
‘Substantial variation’ in vaccination rates, UKHCA finds
Communication between councils and homecare providers in some areas needs to improve so workers are offered a Covid-19 vaccination.
A snap survey by United Kingdom...
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...
Restraint to be examined by MPs
The use of restraint of autistic people and individuals with learning disabilities will be examined by MPs in an inquiry.
The health and social care...
Independent review proposes National Care Service
A National Care Service (NCS) has been proposed in Scotland to help drive improvements in the way provision is delivered.
Five months on from the...
Reforming social care should not be delayed any further, says coalition
MPs across the political spectrum have been urged to work together in overhauling the social care system.
Launching its report, Let’s do this: The promise...
Commissioner concerned over care home vaccine roll-out
Concerns have been raised by the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales over vaccine roll-out in care homes.
Heléna Herklots has written to the Welsh government...
Charity fined for failing to provide safe care
A care operator has been ordered to pay £9,000 for failing to provide safe care and treatment and exposing a resident to significant risk...
Warning issued over Covid-positive care staff
Providers have been warned regulatory action will be taken against them if Covid-positive staff are found to be working in care settings.
Staff who have...
Physical and medical restraints to be considered in inquiry
Improvements to inpatient care and how to reduce the use of physical and medical restraints will be considered as part of an inquiry by...
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