Category: Social care
Stronger measures needed to safeguard adults receiving personal budgets for social care, says Public Accounts Committee
A report from The Public Accounts Committee has warned that stronger measures are needed to safeguard the interests of adults receiving personal budgets for social care. The report expresses...
Lack of support and community awareness damaging life chances of UK’s carers, says Carers UK
The life chances of many of the unpaid 6.5 million carers in the UK are being damaged by inadequate support from local services, according to new research launched today by Carers UK. The...
Over half of local authorities spending less on services for disabled people and carers since Care Act, says disability charity
Research published today by disability charity Revitalise has shown that 55% of England's Local Authorities have spent less overall on services for disabled people and carers since the...
Almost 75% care homes previously rated Inadequate have improved, says CQC
Nearly three quarters of care homes originally rated Inadequate have improved their ratings following re-inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). As a result, over 12,000 people...CQC publish reports on adult social care in Central region
In the past week the CQC has published 110 reports on the quality of care provided by adult social care services across the Central region. Following recent inspections, 75 of these care homes and...
Vulnerable patients suffering due to poor hospital discharge, says Ombudsman report
Patients are being sent home alone, afraid and unable to cope and in some cases without their relatives or carers being told, according to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman....Care providers will have to reject local authority clients to survive, says Nadra Ahmed
Nadra Ahmed OBE, Executive Chairman of the National Care Association (NCA) has said that the lack of 'sustainable funding’ in the care sector will mean providers are unable to accept Local...
Dementia UK Puckers Up for Red Lippy Day
Today marks Red Lippy Day - a campaign designed to raise funds for specialist dementia nurses, working in partnership with Dementia UK. Jules Osmany, from Northampton, launched #redlippyday in...CQC publish reports on 80 adult social care services in the Central region
Over the past week independent regulators CQC has published a further 80 reports on the quality of care provided by adult social care services across the Central region. Following recent...
Digital healthcare company awarded grant to reduce isolation in stroke sufferers
Digital healthcare company Intelesant has been awarded a grant by Greater Manchester Academic Health Science Network (GM AHSN) to carry out research using its home monitoring technology system,...
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