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…
Budget 2018 reveals £45 million funding into Disabled Facilities Grant and over £20 billion into NHS
Credit: Sky News On the 29th of October, Chancellor Philip Hammond presented his Budget to Parliament, highlighting key funding into the NHS, social care for…
EHRC launches new toolkit about provision and management of housing adaptations
Credit: Equalities and Human Rights Commission Credit: Equalities and Human Rights Commission The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), in partnership with Habinteg, has launched…
Sharing services, robotics and more – can technology provide adult social care answers?
By Tony Pilkington, Managing Director, Younifi Adult social care in the UK gets a bad press. It’s chronically underfunded as a service and we’re…
Territory Account Manager – East Anglia
Territory The patch will be covering Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Essex Our Client Our client is a leading manufacturer and supplier of unique moving, handling,…
Anticipation builds for the OT Show
According to organisers CloserStill Media, as anticipation builds once again for The Occupational Therapy Show, there are many delights in store for all members of…
New RADAR key to tackle piracy
Blue Badge Company is working alongside N & C Phlexicare to introduce a stylish new RADAR key into the United Kingdom. The National Key Scheme…