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Compulsory training plan mooted
Care minister Norman Lamb has mooted plans for care home staff to undergo compulsory training in an attempt to prevent the abuse and neglect...
Health committee calls for ring-fencing
The Health Select committee has called for care funding to be ring-fenced and said the whole health and care system needs to be transformed...
Extra care sector forms new body
A new representative body for extra-care housing providers was launched at the House of Lords last month.The Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO), which counts...
Care bill would leave Councils open to legal disputes
The Joint Committee on the Draft Care & Support Bill has warned that in its current form the proposed legislation would leave local authorities...
Dilnot cap lowered and implementation brought forward
Chancellor of the ExchequerGeorge Osborne announced the care fee cap announced in February (CCMn March 2013) will now come into force from April 2016...
Report reveals £125m elderly care cuts
A report released by SSentif Intelligence has revealed that local authorities in England have cut nursing care services for vulnerable elderly people by £125m...
Care ratings to make a return following Mid-Staffs report
The care inspection system is to be reformed once again after the government announced it will push ahead with plans to develop ‘Ofsted-style’ rating...
Specialist care reduces dementia drug need
Specialist dementia care can reduce the need for anti-psychotic medication and other drugs and improve the wellbeing of dementia sufferers, according to a study...
Voyage bolsters its specialist care business with Independent Living
Hot-on-the-heels of its high-yield bond offering, specialist care provider Voyage has acquired the recently troubled Independent Living Group (ILG) for an undisclosed sum.
Voyage said...
CQC finds services struggling to care for dementia sufferers
Adult social care services are struggling to care for people with dementia, according to government inspectors.
The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) Care Update report has...
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