Commissioner launches guide on older people’s rights in care homes
The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has launched a guide providing information about a person’s rights when moving into and living in a care...
Majority of care staff at St Monica Trust sign up to new deals
Most of the care home staff at St Monica Trust have now signed up to its new terms and conditions, following a series of...
Councils warn reforms could be ‘unworkable at inception’
Councils are calling for a delay in the introduction of reforms to adult social care, fearing they could be ‘unworkable’ because of financial and...
Hartford Care to make winter fuel contribution to employees
Hartford Care is making a winter fuel contribution of up to £600 to all its employees paid across two instalments in September and December.
The...
Self-funded fee rates jump as cost-pressures bite, analysis shows
Self-funded fee rates for nursing care across the country have grown by an average 9.6% to £1,329, with the North West (15.9%) and South...
Aspris Children’s Services creates two operational divisions
Aspris Children’s Services has introduced two operational divisions to cover education and care in the UK.
Aspris Education will be led by John Anderson, who...
Additional funding welcomed but ‘scant detail’ in plan
A £500m fund to support discharge from hospital into the community and bolster the social care workforce has been welcomed by representative bodies but...
Confidence in four-day week growing at Outcomes First Group
Early results from Outcomes First Group’s four-day week trial have resulted in productivity and output increasing, with the provider growing in confidence it may...
PM urged to deliver on promise for additional funds
Councils have called on Prime Minister Liz Truss to deliver on her promise to provide more money for adult social care, warning that the...
Homecare supply at risk of destabilising, says association
Local supply of homecare is at risk of being destabilised because ‘a significant number’ of local authorities continue to pay unsustainable rates, Homecare Association...
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