£4.5 million awarded to 16 digital adult social care projects to help avoid unnecessary hospital admissions
Sixteen organisations that provide and commission adult social care services are to receive a share of £ million to enable them to roll out their…
New report finds adult social care is the top long-term pressure for council finances
In the State of Local Government Finance Survey 2020, which comes from the LGiU and the MJ, the report reveals that adult social care has…
Winners announced in the 2020 Skills for Care Accolades
Some of England’s best social care organisations are celebrating after picking up a Skills for Care Accolade award. Now in their 17th year, the Accolades…
Finalists across the adult social care sector announced for Skills for Care’s Accolades 2020
The finalists have been announced for all ten categories at the annual Skills for Care Accolades awards. Now in its 17th year, the Accolades honour…
Twelve new innovative social care projects to benefit from £2.5 million investment
Helping create a more sustainable social care system for carers and patients alike, the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit programme (RfPB) has funded £ million…
RCOT partners with coveted care awards to celebrate the best in adult social care
Helping recognise the very best in adult social care providers and individual employers, the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) has announced a partnership with…
Liverpool care home fined over £12,000 for “failings” in care and treatment
Parkside Care Home in St Helens, Liverpool, has been prosecuted after an elderly resident sustained a bad injury after a fall and, as a consequence,…
Government launches recruitment campaign for thousands more adult social care staff
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that the Government has launched a new campaign – ‘Every Day Is Different’ – aiming…
Charity highlights urgent need for delayed Green Paper as over 50,000 older people have died waiting for care
Age UK has revealed that 54,024 older people have died waiting for care to begin since the Green Paper was first announced 700 days ago…
Adult social care receives £240 million funding boost to help reduce pressure off NHS over winter
As part of an overall £420 million winter fund, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that social care services across England…