Calls for action on developments of housing with care
The housing with care sector is calling for urgent action to stop the country from falling further behind in the delivery of new social...
Bupa ordered to pay more than £1m over fire safety failings
A business run by Bupa has been ordered to pay more than £1m after a resident died in a fire while smoking at one...
Independent Age proposes free care for over-65s
Free care should be available for the over-65s after research suggested the majority of people in England are willing to pay more tax to...
Tax reforms needed to meet funding requirements, commission says
Tax reforms would be needed to meet proposed funding requirements of the NHS and social care over the next ten years.
A report by the...
Investing in autonomy
A wind of change is apparent in US elder care – will it make it across the Atlantic? Sarah Whitebloom reports
When America sneezes, the...
HICA and former manager fined following sexual abuse of resident
Humberside Independent Care Association (HICA) and a previous manager have been ordered to pay more than £154,000 for failing to protect a resident who...
Market gains beds despite loss of care homes, Knight Frank reveals
There was a marginal net gain of 43 beds in the care home market in the year to April despite a net loss of...
Growing demand leads to £3bn overspend in children’s social care
Councils have overspent on children’s social care budgets by more than £3bn in the past five years, analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) has...
Capacity held by top providers continues to drop
No company has taken the place of Southern Cross as a strong driver for consolidation, with further deconsolidation expected. Deven Pamben takes a closer...
Social care services account for over half of local authorities’ spend
One in ten councils with social care responsibilities (CSSRs) will have exhausted their cash reserves within the next three years if they continuing spending...
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