Lifeways CEO outlines six priorities for Wes Streeting
Lifeways Group chief executive officer Andrea Kinkade has written to the secretary of state for health and social care outlining six priorities to help...
We Care Group partners with Doctify to improve trust and transparency
We Care Group has partnered with Doctify to help improve transparency and trust across its network of homes.
Doctify is a platform that captures and...
ICS leaders urged to learn from failings
Poor communication between health and social care services continues to be an issue despite the introduction of integrated care systems (ICSs), according to a...
Low pay in adult social care needs tackling, say think tanks
Low pay in adult social care needs to be immediately addressed by government, two think tanks have said.
They have urged the Labour government to...
Councils call for delay in care reform plans
Councils have warned that the reforms to the cap on care have a £30bn funding black hole over the next decade and will be...
Connaught Care Collection offers staff free ‘full-body health checks’
Connaught Care Collection is partnering with Bluecrest Wellness to offer its staff free ‘full-body health checks’.
Bluecrest will offer health checks covering heart disease, stroke...
Ongoing difficulties with domestic recruitment persist
International recruitment continued to be the main driver of the increase in filled posts and the fall in vacancies in adult social care in...
Skills for Care outlines options to improve sector pay
Skills for Care has identified three options to improve pay for workers in adult social care in England.
Its A Workforce Strategy for Adult Social...
Working-age disabled adults potentially missing out on care
More than a quarter (28%) of working-age disabled adults have never accessed social care or other support despite potentially being eligible.
Healthwatch England found people...
New Age Care opens second office
New Age Care has opened a second homecare office as it expands its offering across the Midlands.
The business has opened in Longbridge, West Midlands,...