Inadequate social care funding is leading to delays in hospital operations, a leading surgeon has warned. Delaying transferring patients from hospitals to social care means that there are not enough
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Charities and health experts have reacted with dismay to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, which failed to pledge extra cash for the NHS or social care. Philip Hammond repeated the Government’s
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Scottish Care have announced this years winners from their 2016 Care Awards which took place at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow over the weekend. The Awards were presented as part
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The Government should provide tax breaks to encourage people to save to pay for the costs of social care, a former pensions minister has said. Baroness Altmann (pictured), who was
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A new paper from the Social Care Institute for Excellence looks at three hypothetical future scenarios, and how the sector might respond to the challenges and opportunities those scenarios offer
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When hair-dressing or estate agency are booming we hear about the benefits. When social care is booming, we only tend to hear about the costs. The miracle of longevity is
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The number of care workers on zero-hours contracts has jumped from one in 10 of the sector’s workforce to one in seven in the past year, according to an analysis
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Ministers would ease the social care system “funding crisis” by urgently bringing forward the date they intend to spend millions of pounds on services, Labour has said. Shadow health minister
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An Alzheimer’s disease sufferer’s last year alive was living hell due to inadequate training for care staff, his daughter has said. Linda Jackson, 63, said she struggled to get good
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Almost 700,000 older people in need of some sort of care or support are being left to fend for themselves, a charity has warned. Age UK said 696,500 people who
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