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...
LGA concerned over private equity involvement in care placements
Growing private equity and stock market involvement in children’s social care in England should be reviewed due to profit and debt levels, a membership...
More than a third of care operators ‘optimistic’ about the sector
More than a third of care operators are optimistic about the sector and expect it to recover from the pandemic within the year.
Findings in...
Number of children needing foster care doubled during pandemic
The number of children needing foster care has risen by more than half during the Covid-19 pandemic, a charity has revealed.
From April to December...
Care home staff risk being ‘lost in the rush’ over Covid-19 vaccine
Care home staff who should be vaccinated against coronavirus run the risk of missing out as different priority groups get offered the injection.
A snapshot...
Funding to target at risk groups over vaccine misinformation
More than £23m funding has been allocated to 60 councils and voluntary groups across England to help boost coronavirus vaccine take up.
The money, announced...
Cost of residential care varies by more than £800
Residential care costs vary by more than £800 per week across Great Britain, analysis from Legal & General Retail Retirement has revealed.
London topped the...
Rising Covid-19 infections dampen care sector’s recovery, says Laing
The number of occupied beds in older people’s care homes may not return to pre-Covid-19 levels until 2023, with the second wave of infections...
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