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CQC pauses non-urgent inspections
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has paused some routine inspections this month in response to increased pressure on the health and care system and...
Department of Health renamed
The Department of Health has been renamed the Department of Health and Social Care, following the cabinet reshuffle on Monday 8 January.
Health secretary Jeremy...
£6.7m acquisition of five specialist supported living properties
Civitas Social Housing has purchased five specialist supported living and residential care properties for a total sum of £6.7m.
The portfolio consists of four residential...
Three new non-executive board members at CQC
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced the appointment of three non-executive board members by the Secretary of State for Health. Sir John Oldham,...
More funding for social care would reduce NHS pressures – LGA
Council leaders from the Local Government Association (LGA) have said the winter health crisis should incentivise the government to adequately fund the country’s social care...
CQC’s Andrea Sutcliffe awarded CBE
Chief inspector of adult social care at the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Andrea Sutcliffe, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s New Years...
Transforming care a progress report
Six years after the Winterbourne View scandal Alistair Kleebauer provides an update
Progress in moving people with learning disabilities and/or autism from institutional care into...
Only the Brave?
Chief executive of Eden Futures Andew Lennox give his view on the state of the UK specialist care market
In recent months (if not years)...
Older age and end of life care for people with learning disabilities
Emma Dent looks at the lack of specialist care services for people approaching and in their later years of life
People with learning disabilities are...
In Progress: the latest care developments
The Abbeyfield Kent Society’s new extra care housing scheme in Tonbridge, has been topped out ahead of its spring 2018 completion date. Once finished, Rosewell...
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