Category: Social Care
Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds one in five homes rated ‘inadequate’ or ‘require improvement’ by CQC Hundreds of care homes in England are providing substandard care to dementia patients, analysis by the Guardian has found. One in five homes specialising in dementia are rated “inadequate” or “requires improvement” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), inspection reports […]
New staff starting social care jobs will not pay PVG or registration fees until end of March Daily Record
Councils rationing social care services due to Omicron, ADASS survey finds Home Care Insight Desperate, exhausted and poorly paid: Workers lift the lid on Greater Manchester’s crumbling social care Manchester Evening News ‘Grim, difficult and relentless’: stark social care staffing pressures revealed in latest data Communitycare.co.uk Vulnerable adults left without care in England as staff crisis worsens The Guardian […]
New workers in social care to have costs funded JohnOGroat Journal Staff joining social care to have fees waived Scottish Government News New workers in social care to have PVG check costs funded RossShire Journal Staff joining social care to have fees waived to bolster workforce The Independent New social care workers to have fees waived to bolster workforce STV […]
Urgent appeal for carers to boost borough’s social care workforce | blackburnwithdarwenccg.nhs.uk Urgent appeal for carers to boost Blackburn with Darwen’s social care workforce Lancashire Telegraph Covid: North Yorkshire County Council office staff asked to plug social care gap BBC News Gwent councils “under massive pressure” to deliver social care South Wales Argus Councils using untrained and inexperienced workers […]
Omicron: councils given discretion on spending £60m adult social care fund to ensure speedy use Communitycare.co.uk
Hampshire County Council hires eight new social care workers – but still has more than 30 vacancies Portsmouth News
Cumbrian MP demands action on social care after care home numbers drop by nearly a third – cumbriacrack.com Cumbria Crack
County at forefront of innovation to link social care and health services North Yorkshire County Council
Revenues accelerate for social care investment group | TheBusinessDesk.com The Business Desk