The UK’s largest care home provider is considering selling scores of its properties as it plans to trim its budget. Four Seasons Health Care has seen a 5% reduction in
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At least £46 million of public money was handed to Kids Company despite repeated concerns being raised by officials about the way the now collapsed charity was being run. The
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The founder of the defunct Kids Company charity has denied handing out hundreds of pounds “willy-nilly” in payments to vulnerable young people. Camila Batmanghelidjh said that all the payments made
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Local government leaders and directors of adult social care have warned that the ability of councils to provide dignified care for people in old age or for those with a
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A £100 million boost for cancer research has been launched by one of the UK’s leading charities. The Grand Challenges grants from Cancer Research UK will attempt to overcome some
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Hundreds of thousands of elderly and disabled people have their requests for help with social care declined, new figures show. Just under 1.85 million new requests for adult social care
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The Care Act signalled the start of significant legislative changes within the public sector, and despite some delay, it has undoubtedly changed the landscape of social care in the UK.
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The deadline for people to make a claim if they believe their ongoing care should have been funded by the Welsh NHS is being extended. Continuing healthcare is a package
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Up to £5.7 billion a year could be lost by the NHS to fraud by patients and staff, a new report has claimed. A review led by Jim Gee, a
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Amid growing concern that most NHS providers are sliding into deficit, arguably we should be even more worried about social care providers. This is a complex and sprawling sector –
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