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New resource to boost care workers’ skills and confidence launched in Wales

By Iain MacDonald25th April 2018News Wales

A new resource to make sure health and social care workers in Wales are confident they have the skills, knowledge and understanding to provide high quality care has been launched yesterday

Damian Green calls for ‘radical and brave’ change to tackle social care problems

By Richard Wheeler, Elizabeth Arnold and Dan O'Donoghue25th April 2018News England

Theresa May’s former deputy has called for “radical and brave” change alongside extra cash to help social care services. Conservative former cabinet minister Damian Green said a forthcoming Government document

Booking for innovation and good practice forums open to NI social care managers

By Iain MacDonald19th April 2018News Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) is inviting Social Care Managers from across the country to a “Sharing Innovation and Good Practice” forum. NISCC Social Care Managers’ Forum is

Ombudsman warns councils of care charging duties after North Somerset complaint

By Iain MacDonald19th April 2018News England

Councils cannot charge people for the first six weeks of intermediate care, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has warned, following an investigation into a complaint about North Somerset

Postcode lottery in NHS funding leaving vulnerable people with huge care bills

By Josie Clarke19th April 2018News England

Patients including older people with conditions such as dementia and motor neurone disease are being hit with huge care bills because a postcode lottery is denying them access to NHS

Joint report warns £344m needed for social care in Wales by 2021-22

By Iain MacDonald19th April 2018News Wales

Current funding arrangements from Welsh Government will not cover the expected increases in cost and demand facing social care, the Welsh Local Government Association has warned. A joint report by

‘Good progress but improvement needed’ at Renfrewshire health & social care partnership

By Iain MacDonald18th April 2018News Scotland

Health and social care services in Renfrewshire are moving towards more joined-up working to deliver better outcomes for people who experience care, but some improvements are needed. That is the

Thousands more patients to be given personal budgets to tailor their own care

By Tess de la Mare16th April 2018News England

Hundreds of thousands of NHS patients could be given funds to pay for their own healthcare under new government plans. The scheme would see controversial “personal budgets” rolled out to

Engage: Almost half of care workers made to follow ridiculous rules at work

By Lee Biggins16th April 2018Engage

Some say rules are made to be broken and according to research from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library, almost half (45.5%) of care workers have worked for a

Report: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Wales – Annual Monitoring Report 2016-17

By Iain MacDonald16th April 2018Reports & Resources

Care Inspectorate Wales and Healthcare Inspectorate Wales have jointly published the 2016-17 monitoring report on for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) across Wales. The Safeguards apply to people over the