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BREAKING NEWS: Humza Yousaf appoints Michael Matheson health secretary

Humza Yousaf has appointed Michael Matheson as cabinet secretary for NHS recovery, health and social ...

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‘Not the right time’, First Minister urged to delay National Care Service

Newly appointed Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has been urged to postpone implementation of the ...

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What does the election of Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf mean for social care?

Humza Yousaf will tomorrow become the new First Minister of Scotland having been elected as ...

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Councils spent millions on Inadequate care homes

English councils spent £480 million on Inadequate care homes over four years a newspaper investigation ...

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Interim Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman appointed

Paul Najsarek has been appointed as the interim Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

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England care home beds at lowest point in a decade

The number of care beds in England has fallen to its lowest point in a ...

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Care homes to close and home care services privatised under cost-cutting plans

Cost-cutting plans agreed by West Lothian Integration Joint Board (IJB) will mean the closure of ...

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Campaigner says Partygate evidence a ‘kick in the teeth’ for people living in care

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s evidence to the Privileges Committee on events in Downing Street ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Scottish leadership candidates urged to put National Care Service on hold

The three candidates to be Scotland’s next first minister have been urged to put plans ...

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Campaign groups calls for law to guarantee care home visiting rights

Campaign groups have called for a new law to enshrine the rights of residents to ...

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Government sets out NHS and social care cyber security strategy

A new strategy to protect the NHS and social care against cyber attacks has been ...

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House of Lords to debate future of adult social care

A debate on government plans for adult social care is to be held in the ...

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Social care workforce funding in England to be halved – report

Social care workforce funding in England is to be slashed from £500 million to £250 ...

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Council accused of creating ‘two-tier’ care home system

Care Forum Wales ; Andy Snook; Manager of Woodcroft residential home in Colwyn Bay . ...

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‘A missed opportunity’ – more reaction to Spring Budget

Yesterday’s Spring Budget announcement by the chancellor has been branded “a missed opportunity” by care ...

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NHS trust confirms care home outbreak came from discharged patient

The Scottish government is facing further questions over its handling of the pandemic after research ...

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Care sector slams Chancellor’s lack of social care support

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s 2023 Spring Budget failed to directly support the social care sector The ...

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National Care Forum calls for ring-fenced social care funding

The National Care Forum (NCF) has called on the chancellor to ring-fence funding for adult ...

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Care homes celebrate International Women’s Day

MHA Connell Court resident shares her thoughts on equity for International Women’s Day Care homes ...

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Care home residents to receive spring Covid boosters

Care home residents are among the vulnerable groups who will be given a Covid booster ...

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Care provider trade body rejects council fee increase

A trade body representing care providers in the Isle of Wight has rejected a fee ...

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‘Very serious questions to be answered’, care leaders respond to Hancock WhatsApp leaks

Care leaders have given their reaction to the publication of WhatsApp messages by former health ...

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National Care Service Bill to be delayed in Scotland

Controversial legislation to introduce a National Care Service in Scotland is to be delayed.

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Matt Hancock ‘hugely disappointed’ by WhatsApp ‘breach of trust’

Former health secretary Matt Hancock has said he is “hugely disappointed” by the release of ...

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Cost-of-care exercise identifies £2.3bn shortfall in care home funding

A cost-of-care exercise carried out by the government has identified a £2.3 billion shortfall in ...

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Matt Hancock says report he ignored medical advice to Covid test all care home entrants is ‘flat wrong’

Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, has said a report he ignored medical advice to ...

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Bed-blocking fell by just 3% following hospital discharge drive

Bed-blocking fell by just 3% in the first month of the government’s £250 million hospital ...

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Council receives £1.2m social care funding boost to free-up hospital beds

Hull City Council has been given £1.2 million in funding to free-up hospital beds and ...

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Multi-million pound integrated care funding package announced for vulnerable people

A £60 million funding package has been announced by the government to deliver better joined ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Care leader calls for integrated National Care Service

Chair of The Independent Care Group, Mike Padgham, has called for health and social care ...

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Government ‘paralysed’ on integrated care systems reform, MPs say

A committee of MPs has issued a damning report on the introduction of integration care ...

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Half of additional care beds taken up by health boards in Scotland

Scottish Conservative shadow health secretary Dr Sandesh Gulhane MSP said: “Moves to reduce the pressure ...

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Liberal Democrats call for Carers’ Minimum Wage

The Liberal Democrats have called for a Carers’ Minimum Wage set at £2 above the ...

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MPs back law to limit strike disruption

MPs have backed a bill that would guarantee minimum service levels during strike action.

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Coalition calls for legislation to protect right to support carers

A coalition of over 50 organisations has called on the government to protect the legal ...

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Council leaders set out conditions for hospital discharge to care homes

Council leaders have urged the government to fully engage with local government and its partners ...

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EXCLUSIVE: National Care Service ‘nanny state on steroids’, says care leader

Proposals for a National Care Service in Scotland have been described as the “nanny state ...

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Council approves record rise in care fees

A Norfolk County Council meeting today will vote on proposals for a £30 million rise ...

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NHS to create 3,000 ‘hospital at home’ beds

A further 3,000 ‘hospital at home’ beds are to be created before next winter as ...

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Archbishops’ Commission calls for National Care Covenant

A new report commissioned by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York has called for a ...

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Welsh council launches social care campaign to support hospital discharge

Pembrokeshire County Council has launched a new campaign to reduce hospital pressures by speeding up ...

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Scotland announces further measures to speed up hospital discharge

A national review is under way to re-asses hospital patients who are clinically safe to ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Care boss calls on Scottish government to scrap car parking tax

A care leader has called for care homes to be exempt from a new ‘green’ ...

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Lib Dems slam use of private brokers to find care homes for hospital discharges

Lib Dem health spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP has said the use of private brokers to ...

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Families ‘terrified’ hospital discharge drive could end care home visits

A Scottish group representing the families of care home residents has said it is “terrified” ...

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Free PPE for health and care staff extended until March 2024

Free PPE for frontline health and care staff has been extended by a year until ...

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Scotland announces £8m funding for additional care home beds

The Scottish government has announced funding of at least £8 million for additional care home ...

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Majority of nursing homes in Ireland have bed availability for hospital discharge

Around 70% of Ireland’s 440 private and voluntary nursing homes have capacity to facilitate discharges, ...

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New funding for hospital discharges to care homes announced in Scotland

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced “immediate extra funding” to book additional care home ...

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NHS to buy thousands of extra beds in care homes

Up to £200 million is to be provided to the NHS to buy thousands of ...

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Southwest hospitals discharging patients into ‘care hotels’

Hospitals in Bristol, Devon and Cornwall have begun discharging patients into ‘care hotels’ to help ...

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Archbishop of Canterbury calls for action on ‘broken’ care system

Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, has called for action to fix the “broken” social ...

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Care home residents to receive £400 fuel bill support

The government has announced £400 fuel bill discount for care home residents in England, Scotland ...

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Learning network to explore partnership working in integrated care systems

A new learning network has been launched on partnership working on integrated care systems.

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Care home leader calls on government to solve social care to fix NHS

HC-One chief executive James Tugendhat has called on the government to fix the crisis in ...

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Face masks no longer mandatory in care homes

Face mask wearing is no longer mandatory in care homes following the release of new ...

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HEALTHCARE SUMMIT 2022: Care homes approaching ‘tipping point’ as leaders warn of closures

Care home leaders have warned the sector is fast approaching “tipping point” due to soaring ...

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MP backs care home calls for end to mandatory masks

Southend West MP Anna Firth is backing a campaign to end compulsory mask wearing for ...

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Social care workers in Wales to receive real living wage

The Welsh government is to provide recurrent funding of around £70 million to ensure that ...

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Care groups call on government to drop Bill of Rights Bill

A letter sent by 158 organisations to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and other political leaders ...

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House of Lords bill would end care home Covid-19 visiting bans

A bill has been introduced into the House of Lords aiming to end care home ...

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Care England fears care homes will be left in the dark during blackouts

Care England has expressed its disappointment after care homes were left off the list of ...

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Lords’ committee calls for long-term funding and commissioner for social care

A report by the Adult Social Care Committee has called on the government to provide ...

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Leaders blast Matt Hancock over care home Covid-19 outbreak account

Former health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has been blasted as “pitiful” and “cowardly” ...

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Scottish Care warns one in three care homes close to closure

One in three care homes in Scotland is close to closure due to rising energy ...

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Charity evicting disabled residents due to ‘inadequate council funding’

A leading charity has said it is being forced to evict disabled resident because of ...

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Wales announces £1.4m care home energy efficiency grant scheme

A £1.4 million grant scheme has been announced in Wales to help care homes improve ...

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Care England says Autumn Statement ‘not close’ to addressing social care funding gap

Care England has expressed its disappointment with last week’s Autumn Statement, saying it “does not ...

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Care minister considering new powers for CQC on care home visiting

Care minister Helen Whately has said she is considering giving the CQC new powers to ...

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Review of Integrated Care Systems to help improve health outcomes

A review of Integrated Care Systems has been announced by the government to improve health ...

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Government under fire over delay to social care reforms

The government has come under fire after the chancellor’s announcement last week that social care ...

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Extra funding in Autumn Statement welcome but reform delay disappointing, say leaders

Care leaders have welcomed new funding for the sector announced in yesterday’s Autumn Statement but ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Chancellor confirms two-year delay to social care reforms

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that social care reforms will be delayed by two years ...

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Barclay announces details of the Adult Social Care Discharge Fund

Secretary of state for health & social care Steve Barclay Secretary of state for health ...

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Care England calls for ‘1948 moment’ for social care

Care England has called for a “1948 moment” for social care to deliver a long-term ...

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‘It’s criminal’, boss says patients not being discharged to empty care home beds

A care home manager has said it’s “criminal” that hospital patients are not being discharged ...

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Care minister discusses sector’s future during HC-One visit

Minister Whately talks to a resident during her visit to Alexander Care Home Minister of ...

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Government planning legislation for legal right to visit care homes

Care home residents are to have the legal right to have visitors under legislation planned ...

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Social care reforms expected to be delayed by at least two years, report

Social care reforms due to come into effect next year could be delayed by at ...

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Care England calls for immediate social care investment ahead of fiscal statement

Professor Martin Green OBE, chief executive of Care England, said: “In addition to providing invaluable ...

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Scottish minister rejects calls to pause National Care Service Bill

Scottish social care minister Kevin Stewart has rejected calls to pause plans for a National ...

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Council leader says ‘nothing to suggest’ care homes on brink of collapse

The leader of Northumberland County Council has offered reassurance to stakeholders over fears that the ...

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National Care Service plans come under scrutiny in Scotland

Plans for a National Care Service in Scotland are to come under scrutiny from MSPs ...

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Care England calls on PM to ‘save our sector’

In a letter to the prime minister, Professor Martin Green OBE, chief executive of Care ...

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Care Minister says she is ‘on the case’ on care home visiting rights

Health and social care minister Helen Whatley acknowledged “there is still a problem” with care ...

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Steve Barclay reappointed as Health & Social Care Secretary

Steve Barclay Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Steve Barclay as Secretary of State for ...

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MPs to debate new legal right to end isolation in health and care

MPs are to debates the creation of a new legal right to ensure people can ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Liz Truss resigns as PM

Liz Truss Liz Truss has become the shortest-lived PM in UK history by resigning after ...

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Chancellor expected to delay social care cap reform by a year, report

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is reported to be preparing to delay the introduction ...

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National Care Forum calls on chancellor to make good on £13bn pledge

The National Care Forum has called on chancellor Jeremy Hunt to make good on the ...

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Chancellor’s Emergency Statement ‘leaves social care in the dark’

National learning disability charity Hft has said yesterday’s Emergency Statement by chancellor Jeremy Hunt has ...

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More than 400 beds lost in Ireland as 16 nursing homes close this year

The Irish care home regulator, HIQA, has revealed that 466 beds have been lost with ...

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Scrapping of National Insurance hike to go ahead as chancellor tears up mini budget

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced the government will go ahead with plans to scrap a ...

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Ombudsman finds family had ‘very limited opportunity’ to visit mother before she died of Covid-19

A daughter’s complaint that she had only a “very limited opportunity” to visit her mother ...

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New Homecare Association board members elected

Six new non-executive directors have been elected by the Homecare Association, the membership organisation for ...

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Public invited to take part in creative health roundtables

The Rt Hon Lord Howarth of Newport CBE, chair of the NCCH and Co-Chair of ...

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MPs approve scrapping health and social care tax rise

A vote in the House of Commons has approved the government’s decision to scrap a ...

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Over half of people think Truss will fail to improve social care, poll finds

Over half (54%) of responding adults have no confidence that Prime Minister Liz Truss will ...

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Councils call for 12-month delay to social care reforms

England’s largest councils have called for a 12-month delay to social care reforms warning they ...

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Scotland’s Covid-19 inquiry hit by spate of resignations

Scotland’s Covid-19 public inquiry has come under fire following the resignation of four lawyers and ...

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