Voluntary organisations across Scotland are benefitting from grants totalling more than £1.2 million which will help social service workers gain qualifications, the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) announced today. The
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Social Care Wales has published a new set of resources to support social care practitioners with assessing carers’ support needs. The resources will help practitioners carry out high quality assessments
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Giving free social care to the over-65s could save the NHS £4.5 billion a year by enabling more elderly people to get care in the community, a leading think tank
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Plans to change working patterns for Birmingham City Council home care workers have been dropped. The proposed shift alterations would have seen nearly 300 care staff working part-time hours. After
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A new award has been launched to provide an alternative way to register for domiciliary care workers who are new to their role and don’t yet have a qualification. The
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Social care is one of the most controversial topics in British politics – but one that urgently needs to be addressed. In a new report for the Centre for Policy
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Over-50s could be forced to pay more than £300 a year extra National Insurance to help fund a fairer social care system under plans drawn up by senior Tory Damian
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The social care system in England is at “crisis point”, with more people asking for care but fewer receiving it, according to a report. The study, from the influential King’s
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GPs could begin prescribing tailored technology to dementia patients to help them live at home for longer, scientists say. A new £20 million research centre, based at Imperial College London,
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A woman described by her elderly disabled mother as “her life” will be able to stay in the UK to care for her after leading judges rejected a legal challenge
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