Assistive technology service provider wins prestigious national care award
Llesiant Delta Wellbeing has won a prestigious national care award for its work supporting patients in the community, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions. The company, which…
Health tech companies announced as winners at Care Sector Supplier Awards 2023
The fourth year of the national Care Sector Supplier Awards took place last month, as the judges recognised the best providers of products and services…
Social care staff to find out about development opportunities at UK Care Week
Embark Learning Care Academy, a training provider for the social care sector, will be exhibiting at UK Care Week on 6 and 7 July with…
£119,000 funding to support independent care sector in Kirklees and enable more joined-up working
Kirklees Council is joining forces with NHS Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to support the independent care sector in Kirklees. A £119,000 investment in the…
Adult social care plan to help sector cope with upcoming winter pressures
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published a new adult social care plan for 2020-2021, which outlines the UK Government’s ambitions for…
Care providers receive £546m funding boost to bolster infection control throughout winter
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that care providers will be given an extra £546 million to reduce COVID-19 infection and…
Care providers urged to prevent further spread of COVID-19 after spike in new cases
A letter has been issued to all care providers, Local Authority Chief Executives and Directors of Adult Social Care in England, which outlines the different…
Hampshire County Council trials ‘European-first’ pioneering assistive cobots to support carers
Hampshire County Council, in coordination with global transformation consultancy PA Consulting, is trialling innovative collaborative robots – cobots – in the UK care sector for…
Staff management and recruitment tool offered free of charge to all health and social care providers in the UK
As a direct response to the increasing pressures that the COVID-19 outbreak is putting on the health and social care system across the UK, Netli,…
“Hugely concerning” points-based immigration proposals will be detrimental to social care services, says disability group
VODG Chief Executive Dr Rhidian Hughes Following the announcement that a new points-based immigration system will take place in the UK from January 2021, the…