Category: Social care
Cambridgeshire care home placed into Special Measures
The Care Quality Commission has placed Orchard House in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire into special measures following inspections in October. During the unannounced inspections, CQC found the provider was...
Recognition For Springhill
Accrington-based Springhill Care Group has won a series of awards at a major regional ceremony marking the region’s best carers. Springhill Care provides a wide range of long-term personalised...
CQC invites providers to comment on fee payment scheme changes
The Care Quality Commission, CQC, is encouraging providers and the bodies that represent them to help shape the changes it has to introduce to the fee payment scheme. The CQC is required to change...
Social care cuts damaging the NHS, says The King’s Fund
The King’s Fund’s latest report has found that budget cuts in local authority social care budgets are placing strain on health services. 88% of NHS trust finance directors and 80% of...
Government Statistics Show 20% Growth in Health & Social Care Apprenticeships
Provisional numbers from the Government’s Statistical First Release for 2014/15 has revealed a 20% leap in the numbers of Health and Social Care Apprenticeships to 84,300, up from 70,080 last...
Alzheimer’s Society urges government to consider dementia carers
Alzheimer’s Society has responded to George Osborne’s plan to give working grandparents the right to take time off to help care for their grandchildren. As an extension of flexible...
ILC-UK calls for extra care housing focus to reduce loneliness
A new report from the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) has found that residential housing with flexible care provision (extra care) can help to reduce feelings of loneliness and...
Social care jobs more than double but applicants fall
Statistics from CV-Library , the independent job board, have revealed that while 2015 has seen a significant rise in social care jobs, application rates have failed to maintain the same growth,...
Salaries increasingly important to social care workers
The proportion of social care workers citing compensation as the most important factor they consider when choosing to work for a specific company has doubled over the past three years, according to...
CQC praised by NAO but ‘significant challenges’ lie ahead
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has made substantial progress as it seeks to address public concerns about its regulatory approach, but significant challenges lie ahead, says a new report by the ...
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