Home care company Alcedo Care Group has secured a £2million funding facility with merchant banking group Close Brothers to support its growth plans for the rest of this calendar year.
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Downing Street has not denied that National Insurance contributions could be increased to fund a new social care plan, in a move that would break a Conservative manifesto pledge. Boris
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A planned £1 billion takeover of Spire Healthcare has collapsed after not enough shareholders backed a bid by rival Ramsay Health Care. Spire’s board had recommended investors vote in favour
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Almost 75,000 disabled and older people and carers are waiting for help with their care and support as social services struggle to cope with an avalanche of needs arising from
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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have seen off a Tory revolt over cuts to aid funding, leaving charities angry at the prospect of an indefinite reduction in spending. Former prime
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Local councils across the UK are facing a £3 billion budget deficit as a result of the pandemic, according to an investigation by the BBC. The broadcaster’s Shared Data Unit
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An essential service for young people with very complex needs has received £280,000 of Scottish Government funding. The Interventions for Vulnerable Youth (Ivy) project provides psychological and social work support
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Some £8 million will be spent on supporting the wellbeing of health and social care staff, which is a “critical priority” for the Scottish Government. The funding boost, an extra
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Six former health and social care ministers have backed proposals to reform the social care workforce in the absence of long-awaited Government plans. The Future Social Care Coalition (FSCC) put
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Boris Johnson has been warned the “time for excuses is over” as Labour pressed him to urgently bring forward his social care reform plans. Health minister Helen Whately outlined her
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