State pension model proposed to fund care
A former cabinet minister has set out proposals identifying how to plug a £2.75bn funding gap in social care.
Damian Green MP, who commissioned the...
Charity partners with Centrica to give carers more paid leave
Carers UK has partnered with Centrica to try and help one million carers stay in or return to work by 2020.
The energy and services...
Faults found over treatment of foster parents
The ombudsman has criticised a council’s social work practice following the removal of two children from a foster couple who wanted to adopt them.
An...
Legal & General launches retirement communities rental offer
Legal & General has launched homes to rent to the retirement sector through Inspired Villages, its suburban later living business.
The rental offer provides more...
Time to ‘value, respect and elevate’ care workers, inquiry finds
The identity and status of the social care workforce needs to be ‘transformed as a matter of urgency’, an inquiry has concluded.
Evidence presented to...
Advinia owner threatens to exit sector over dispute with regulator
Advinia Health Care’s chairman and owner has threatened to exit the sector after claiming he is on the receiving end of ‘disproportionate action’ from...
Action needed to improve lives of older people, say commissioners
Two commissioners have called on political parties to set out how they will improve the lives of older people.
The Commissioner for Older People for...
Satisfaction remains high amongst social care staff, survey finds
Satisfaction among social care staff in Scotland remains high, a survey has found.
It found that 78% of those who took part in the...
CQC halts routine inspections
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has halted routine inspections as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise.
The regulator said its primary objective was...
More than 1,000 Covid-related deaths in care homes, ONS figures show
More than 1,000 Covid-related deaths occurred in care homes in England and Wales up to Friday 10 April (week 15), Office for National Statistics...
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