Care workforce in Scotland grows to over 211,000
Scotland’s care workforce grew by 1.5% to 211,510 in 2022, up from 208,360 the year previous, data have revealed.
Published by the Scottish Social Services...
Allegra Care and Moorfield Group launch £125m partnership
Allegra Care and Moorfield Group have partnered to create an initial £125m portfolio of nursing and dementia care homes.
Moorfield, a UK specialist real estate...
Cash boost for supported and specialised housing
Thousands of homes designed for people needing extra support will be built over the next three years, the government has announced.
Supported and specialised housing...
Care home fees rise almost 20% over past two years, report finds
Care home fees have spiralled over the last two years for people requiring a bed in a residential care or nursing home, with some...
ARCO slams government leasehold reforms
The Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO) has criticised government plans to tackle unfair practices in the leasehold sector, arguing that reforms are not the...
Older People’s Commissioner for Wales sets out ambition
Heléna Herklots has invited individuals and organisations to work with her to improve the lives of older people in Wales.
The Older People’s Commissioner for...
Social care ‘policy failure’ needs addressing, says former minister
Failure to reform social care has been one of the country’s biggest failures ‘in our lifetimes’, former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann has said.
Addressing...
Digital-first culture needs embedding in social care workforce, says report
A digital-first culture needs to be embedded into the everyday practice and professional development of the social care workforce.
This is one of the recommendations...
August Equity invests in care management software platform
August Equity has invested in end-to-end care management software platform OneTouch.
Led by founder and chief executive Dermot Clancy, the platform supports management of care...
EU care workers’ qualifications to be recognised after Brexit
Social care workers who have qualified in the EU or Switzerland will have their training and experience recognised by regulatory bodies after Brexit, the...
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