Government urged to ban placing under 18s in unregulated homes
Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield is calling for the government to make it illegal to place under 18s in care in unregulated homes....
Hallmark Care Homes launches Santhem Residences
Hallmark Care Homes has created a retirement living brand called Santhem Residences, as part of its entrance into the assisted living market.
The Essex-based brand...
Advinia Health Care to implement robots following trial
Advinia Health Care plans to use culturally competent robots to help reduce anxiety and loneliness and provide continuity of care among its residents.
University of...
Hancock tight-lipped over social care plans
Health and Social Care Secretary of State Matt Hancock remained tight-lipped on when social care reform plans are due to be published.
During a...
Scottish Care calls for changes to testing regime
The representative body of the independent care sector in Scotland is calling for whole Covid-19 testing of staff to be taken over directly by...
Action needed to protect loss-making care providers, MPs told
A third of care providers could be operating at a loss, with growing concern that additional costs over winter will stretch the sector even...
Children’s social care referrals fall almost a fifth during lockdown
The number of children referred to social care services fell by almost a fifth during the height of the Covid-19 lockdown between April and...
SCIE calls for trio of policy shifts to address social care
Three areas of reform have been identified to help address the impact Covid-19 has had on the social care system.
Described as the ‘three shifts’,...
Review to consider National Care Service in Scotland
An independent review will consider the establishment of a National Care Service north of the border, as part of aims to provide consistent support...
‘Undervalued’ care workers deserve better pay, survey shows
Four-fifths of people believe care workers are undervalued and should be paid better.
Survey results released by the National Care Forum, which represents not-for-profit care...
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