Scope has published new research that aims to understand how social care affects younger disabled people and the impact of the funding crisis. The charity spoke to 500 disabled people
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The social care sector could face a shortfall of a million workers in the next 20 years, according to a report. The system for adults in England faces a gap
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All domiciliary care workers in Wales will need to be registered from 2020 before they can work in the social care sector, with adult residential care workers to follow in
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Social Care Services, Scotland, 2015 presents the latest national figures for Social Care services provided or purchased by Local Authorities in Scotland. These services give people the support, practical help
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More than 46,000 elderly people have had their “meals on wheels” service axed in the past three years, according to the Malnutrition Task Force. Analysis of official data for England
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The Department of Health have published new guidance on how staff in social care settings can ensure adults get personalised care and support. Voice, choice and control: how registered nurses,
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The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has published its complaints statistics for adult social care – including data for both councils and private care providers – in its Annual Review of
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Disabled people are sleeping fully-clothed in their wheelchairs and surviving on biscuits due to cuts to social care, according to a new report. Many are in crisis because social care
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Health and social care services should work more closely together to ensure older people with social care needs and multiple long-term conditions receive effective care, says NICE. In latest social
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The GMB union has claimed that a shortage of staff providing home care for some of the most vulnerable people in the Highlands has left the services at breaking point.
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