Leading CES providers come together to support NHS and local authorities
As the UK takes drastic measures to prevent the transmission and spread of COVID-19, leading outsource Community Equipment Services (CES) providers have agreed to work…
PHE issues guidance for local authorities, CCGs and residential care homes about Coronavirus
To help those responsible for care home provision to plan and prepare in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak, Public Health England (PHE) has put…
Government confirms £505m will be made available for DFGs in 2020-21
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has written an open letter to Local authority Chief Executives across England to announce that £505…
Single-handed care Part One: The winning formula
Deborah Harrison is the founder of A1 Risk Solutions, an independent organisation that specialises in moving and handling, training, risk assessment and consultancy. Deborah started…
86 percent of local authorities in England have less than one wheelchair accessible taxi per 1,000 people, new research shows
In the UK, 1,300 people a month search for ‘wheelchair accessible taxi’ on Google, according to data found using online visibility and marketing tool SEM…
Scottish charity reveals that 43 percent of older people in Scotland are waiting too long for essential social care
New research from national charity Age Scotland has revealed that 43 percent of older people assessed as needing substantial or critical care in 2018 waited…
New resource guide for OTs, local authorities and care providers highlights the importance of bathrooms in maintaining independence
Thousands of people with a long-term limiting illness or disability could lose their independence in the home, despite the availability of life-changing adaptations and products…
New bathlift aims to offer a raft of benefits to users and local authorities
2019 is set to see a new UK bathlift supplier, H&M Bathlifts, launch its new KANJO bathlift range for both adults and children. Like the…
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…
New review calls for major DFG overhaul to improve home adaptations in England
VAT rules adjusted for major adaptations, a national accreditation scheme for tradespeople, the establishment of housing & health partnership boards and the removal of stairlifts…