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Sturgeon says Boris Johnson was ‘wrong person to be prime minister’

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said Boris Johnson was “wrong the person to ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Care leader calls for Sturgeon to ‘tell the truth’ on Covid testing

Renaissance Care founder Robert Kilgour has called on former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to “tell ...

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Overseas care worker dependants ban to come into force in mid-March

Overseas care workers will no longer be able to bring dependants to the UK as ...

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Former Scottish health secretary voices regret over Covid care home deaths

Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman has told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry she will regret ...

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Providers call for LA fee increases that meet the cost of care

Care providers in North Yorkshire are calling for local fee increases in 2024-25 that meet ...

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Welsh government announces £23m social care investment

The Welsh government has announced a combined £23 million investment in two social care facilities ...

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Nicola Sturgeon called Boris Johnson “a clown” during Covid, inquiry hears

Nicola Sturgeon called Boris Johnson a “clown” and said he was utterly incompetent during the ...

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Councils to receive £500m social care funding boost

Councils in England are to receive a £600 million support package, including £500 million for ...

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Thinktank presents social care reform choices for next government

Social care funding reform choices for the next government have been presented by a leading ...

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Hft urges Labour not to take charities for granted

Labour leader Keir Starmer has been urged not to take for charities for granted if ...

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Care home sector ‘hung out to dry’ during Covid, inquiry hears

Care homes were “hung out to dry” during the Covid pandemic, a sector leader has ...

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Political parties must ‘be brave’ on social care in manifestos

Care campaigners are calling on the main political parties to “be brave” and put social ...

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Council accused of planning ‘rock bottom’ care home fees

Care Forum Wales (CFW) has accused Denbighshire County Council of budgeting for “rock bottom” fees ...

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Liberal Democrats set out adult social care pledges

Deputy leader Daisy Cooper has set out the Liberal Democrats “ambitious” commitments to adult social ...

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Labour pledges to make National Care Service a reality

Labour shadow care minister Andrew Gwynne has vowed to make a National Care Service “not ...

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Social care system in sustained crisis despite ‘record government investment’, report finds

Financial and workforce pressures are forcing adult social care providers to turn down new admissions ...

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Government announces national career pathway for care workers

Wide ranging plans to improve career prospects for care workers have been announced by the ...

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Covid review calls for greater protection of care homes

A Covid review commissioned by the Isle of Man government has called for great protection ...

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Home Office clarifies rules on overseas care worker dependants

Overseas workers who apply for their Health and Social Care visa prior to new immigration ...

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Labour urged to ‘join the dots’ between NHS and social care

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to “join the dots” between health and ...

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Government urged to scrap ‘catastrophic’ migrant care worker plans

The government has been urged to scrap new visa rules for migrant care workers announced ...

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Campaigner calls for 2024 to be year of social care

A social care campaigner is calling on the UK to “care more in 2024” as ...

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Care England voices concern on changes to legal migration

Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, has voiced his concerns over changes to ...

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Care England warns ‘many care services will close’ after 6.5% increase in council funding

A 6.5% rise in council funding for 2024/25 will mean the closure of many care ...

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Council plans care home closures as it bids to fill £50m budget gap

Nottingham City Council has announced plans to close two care homes as part of a ...

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Victoria Atkins says care providers ‘broadly relaxed’ about changes to visa rules

Health and social care secretary Victoria Atkins has said care providers are “broadly relaxed” about ...

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Migration Advisory Committee calls for higher wages for care workers

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has called for higher pay for care workers to fix ...

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Homecare Association publishes new minimum price for home care

The Homecare Association has published its minimum price for home care for the next financial ...

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North Wales councils accused of operating ‘fee-fixing’ cartel

Councils in North Wales have been accused of operated a “fee-fixing cartel” by social care ...

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Rishi Sunak says sorry to bereaved families at UK Covid-19 Inquiry

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was “deeply sorry” for all those who lost loved ...

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Delay to care costs cap a ‘stain on the nation’, says Sir Andrew Dilnot

A two-year delay on implementation of a lifetime cap on social care costs has been ...

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Boris Johnson denies wanting to ‘let Covid rip’

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has denied he wanted to “let Covid rip” during the ...

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Boris Johnson apologises to pandemic victims and their families

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised for the pain and loss suffered by the victims ...

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Voices of Care addresses care sector challenges in second Care Managers Show episode

Leading care sector luminaries tackled the challenges facing social care in the second episode of ...

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Almost one in five councils facing bankruptcy, LGA warns

Almost one in five councils are likely of fairly likely to declare effective bankruptcy by ...

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Government announces plans to protect care home visiting

Plans to protect care home, hospital and hospice visiting have been published following a consultation.

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Care leaders call for workforce strategy after clamp down on overseas workers

Care leaders have called for a new workforce strategy to drive domestic recruitment after the ...

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Government to stop overseas care workers from bringing dependants

The government is to stop overseas care workers from bringing family dependants to the UK ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Home secretary to announce healthcare visa curbs

Home secretary James Cleverly is expected to announce curbs on healthcare visas in the House ...

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Government urged to learn lessons from Covid nightmare

Care leaders have urged the government to learn the lessons from the pandemic following the ...

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Former health secretary wanted foreign care workers dependants ban

Former health and social care secretary Steve Barclay wanted to stop foreign care workers bringing ...

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Government reveals funding allocations for emergency care fund

The government has revealed the funding allocations for a £40 million urgent and emergency care ...

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Leader says live-in care can help avoid ‘full-blown crisis’

A leading local care provider has called for the adoption of live-in care services to ...

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Matt Hancock admits ‘protective ring’ around care homes was broken

Former health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has admitted the “protective ring” he said ...

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Voices of Care talks to care sector luminaries at Care Managers Show

Leading care sector luminaries tackle the challenges facing social care and celebrate its great work ...

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Lords’ Bill seeks to enshrine care home visiting rights

A new Bill designed to protect the rights of families to visit their loved ones ...

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Care leaders warn immigration clampdown will mean fewer care workers

Care leaders have warned that Home Office proposals to crack down on immigration could deepen ...

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Care leaders ‘disappointed’ as social care left in cold again after Autumn Statement

Care leaders have expressed their disappointment after care for older people was once again overlooked ...

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Professor Sir Chris Whitty admits first Covid lockdown came too late

Chief medical officer for England Professor Chris Whitty has admitted the first Covid lockdown came ...

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Sir Patrick Vallance slams ‘lack of leadership’ during pandemic

Former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has criticised the “lack of leadership” in government ...

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Health and social care secretary says no conflict of interest over husband’s sugar role

Newly appointed health and social secretary Victoria Atkins has batted away concerns over a potential ...

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Families not told of Covid ‘do not attempt CPR’ care home notices, Inquiry told

The families of care home residents were not told their relatives had ‘do not attempt ...

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Campaigners calls on chancellor to give social care £7bn

Campaigners have called on chancellor Jeremy Hunt to give an extra £7 billion a year ...

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Covid policy document restored following cover-up allegations

Links to are a key Scottish Covid policy document have been restored following allegations they ...

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Retirement community providers urge end to “revolving door” of housing ministers

A retirement village operator has slammed the “revolving door” of housing ministers, after Lee Rowley ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Victoria Atkins appointed new health and social care secretary

Former financial secretary to the Treasury Victoria Atkins has been appointed health and social care ...

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Government has no long-term funded plan for social care reform, NAO finds

The government has no long-term funded plan for social care reform and is behind schedule ...

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Hospital discharge took ‘priority’ over care sector during pandemic, official reveals

A government official has revealed that hospital discharge took priority over the care sector during ...

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Call to end ‘scandal’ of people being trapped in hospital

The Independent Care Group (ICG) has called for the reform of social care to end ...

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ARCO appoints standards committee chair

ARCO, the national body for operators of UK integrated retirement communities, has appointed Karen McArthur ...

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Disappointment as King’s Speech fails to address social care pressures

Care leaders have expressed their disappointment after today’s King’s Speech failed to address pressures on ...

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Care providers condemn ‘brutal and callous disregard’ for vulnerable during pandemic

Care providers have said the Covid Inquiry has laid bare the “brutal and callous disregard ...

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Meals on Wheels service under threat

The National Association of Care Catering is calling for governmental intervention following a report suggesting ...

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Young Dementia Network calls for accurate data on young onset dementia

Young Dementia Network has called for more accurate data on the prevalence of dementia in ...

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Care England welcomes International Day of Care and Support

Care England has welcomed the inaugural International Day of Care and Support which took place ...

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Voyage Care highlights social care needs to visiting MP

Voyage Care welcomed Alex Norris, the member of Parliament for Nottingham North when he visited ...

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Care home residents ‘neglected and left to starve’ during pandemic

Shocking evidence presented at the Scottish Covid Inquiry will detail how care home residents were ...

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Leaders lambast successive governments for continual social care failings

Speaking to the well-respected Voices of Care Podcast series, several of the country’s most prominent ...

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Care home residents paraded ‘like an exhibit at a reptile museum’ during Covid

Care home residents were paraded “like an exhibit at a reptile museum” during pandemic visiting ...

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Social care innovation projects to receive £42.6m boost

Innovative news projects in social care are to benefit from a £42.6 million fund announced ...

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Council to work with care home providers to address gaps in support

Plymouth Council has announced a review of social care services in order to address gaps ...

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‘We don’t have enough funding to stand still’, councils warn ahead of Autumn Statement

The Local Government Association (LGA) has issued a stark warning to the chancellor ahead of ...

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CQC warns of two-tier care system for ‘haves and have nots’

The CQC has warned of the emergence an “unfair”, two-tier care system for the haves ...

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Government failed to follow WHO advice on minimising care home Covid outbreaks

The UK government failed to adequately follow World Health Organisation (WHO) advice on minimising Covid-19 ...

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Campaigners urge Labour not to hide care reforms

Campaigners have called on Labour not to hide its plans for social care reforms ahead ...

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Council seeks to reshape care services to avoid £1m overspend

Bath & North East Somerset Council has submitted proposals to reshape care for people at ...

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Wes Streeting pledges new deal for care workers

Shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, has promised a new deal for care workers at the ...

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Council plans to increase supported housing in move from ‘institutional models’ of care

A new strategy and plan to increase supported housing has been put forward by Cornwall ...

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Government advisor recommends care workers remain on Shortage Occupation List

A new report by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recommended that care workers and ...

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Labour government would transform social care, claims UNISON

Labour’s proposed National Care Service would transform the lives of million of people as well ...

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RCN condemns planned rise in health and care worker visa fees

Planned increases in costs for overseas health workers and nursing students coming to the UK ...

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Care homes were left to ‘look after themselves’ during pandemic, Age UK says

Care homes were left to “look after themselves” by government during the early days of ...

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Care leaders ‘disappointed’ as social care left on the fringe at Tory conference

Care leaders have expressed their disappointment after policies to address the recruitment and retention crisis ...

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Scottish frontline social care staff eligible for Covid-19 and flu vaccinations

Appointments are now open for all frontline social care staff in Scotland to receive their ...

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Covid-19 Inquiry public hearing to focus on early days of pandemic

The launch of the second module today of the Covid-19 Inquiry will focus on the ...

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NCF sets out five ‘must have’ social care reforms for next government

Five ‘must have’ social care reforms for the next government have been set out by ...

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United call for government to overhaul end of life care

Leading health and social care organisations is calling on the government to tackle failings in ...

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Ed Davey promises ‘better social care’ in closing conference speech

Ed Davey said the Liberal Democrats would provide “better social care” with more and “better ...

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Visiting rights proposals will lead to more restrictions, campaigner says

Government proposals for new legislation protecting care home visiting rights could set a dangerous precedent ...

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NCF and CPA publish blueprint for intermediate care and reablement

A blueprint for effective accommodation based intermediate care and reablement has been published by the ...

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Liberal Democrats pledge £5bn a year for free personal care

Party leader Sir Ed Day has said put social care at the heart of the ...

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Social care needs £8bn to keep pace with demand over next decade, says report

Social care needs an investment of £8.3 billion to keep pace with demand over the ...

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Public supports care home staff pay parity with the NHS

Almost three-quarters (71%) of UK adults believe care home staff should have pay parity with ...

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Social care roadmap calls for £15 minimum wage for care workers

A new roadmap for a sustainable future for adult social care has been published by ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Care minister talks to Caring Times about new £40m social care top-up

In an exclusive interview with Caring Times, care minister Helen Whately explains how the government ...

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Health and social care secretary and PM host Winter Roundtable

Health and social care secretary, Steve Barclay, will today host a roundtable with the PM ...

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NHS begins Covid vaccine roll-out as new variant found in care home

Covid and flu vaccines are being rolled out to older people in care homes in ...

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Worldwide social care experts discuss current recruitment challenges

Worldwide social care experts have discussed the current recruitment challenges facing the sector at the ...

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Government delivers £50m home adaptation funding

The government has provide £50 million to local authorities to help older people and those ...

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Andrew Gwynne appointed Labour shadow care minister

Andrew Gwynne has been appointed Labour’s shadow care minister following a reshuffle this week.

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