Applicant numbers for health and care worker visa fall
Applications from main applicants for a health and care worker visa was posted at 2,900 in July.
Home Office statistics showed there were 10,800 applications...
Brainkind partners with Women’s Aid to gather brain injury data
Brainkind is partnering with Women’s Aid to gather data relating to brain injury and domestic abuse.
Both charities will aim to gather insights that will...
Social care leaders urge government to change course
More than 30 leaders in the sector have sent a joint open letter to Wes Streeting raising concern with the new government’s decision to...
Directors of care recruitment company failed to pay millions in tax
Two directors of a company supplying NHS workers to the care sector have been disqualified after failing to pay more than £33m in tax.
Raja...
Oakland Care to begin voice tech trial
Oakland Care is partnering with a voice design studio and agency as part of a trial to see how technology can improve the lives...
Low fee rates impacting state-funded homecare, report reveals
Fee rates for state-funded homecare across the UK are failing to keep pace with rising wages and costs.
A lack of adequate funding, according to...
Government urged to clarify plans for social care
Representative bodies have expressed disappointment at the government’s decision to cancel the adult social care training and development fund.
Proposed by the previous Conservative administration,...
Adult social care charging reform plans scrapped
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves MP has scrapped plans to impose a cap on how much people have to pay for adult social...
HDM Energies partners with Churchill Living on solar panel installation
HDM Energies is partnering with Churchill Living to install rooftop solar panels across its portfolio of new retirement properties.
This collaboration will see HDM, alongside...
Interim report highlights CQC failings
Interim findings of an independent review of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have identified significant internal failings, which are hampering its ability to identify...