Social Care – Page 155 – Care Appointments

Too many hitting crisis point before getting help, Red Cross warns

By The Press Association22nd February 2016News England

Too many people have to reach a crisis point before they get the health and social care they need, the British Red Cross said. It warned that failing to adequately

Care provider warns recruitment problems could leave vulnerable in crisis

By The Press Association22nd February 2016News England

Thousands of jobs that no-one wants to do, like looking after the vulnerable and elderly, could leave care work in crisis, a survey claims. Two-thirds of adults polled would shun

Care for a career? Rewards of working in older people’s sector

By Iain MacDonald12th February 2016New To Care

Amanda Scott started caring for older people when she was 17 before qualifying as a nurse in 1984 and working in paediatrics, intensive care and a variety of care roles. Today,

Huge reduction in number of social care workers caring for adults in England

By The Press Association10th February 2016News England

There has been a huge reduction in the number of social care workers caring for adults in England, official figures show. The number of adult social care staff employed by

Welsh fund to support disabled people to live independently to continue

By Iain MacDonald9th February 2016News Wales

£27m is being made available to maintain support for more than 1,600 disabled people in Wales to live independently, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed. The Welsh

Care workers and people with kidney disease urged to get flu jab

By Iain MacDonald8th February 2016News Wales

Health experts and charities in Wales are urging people with chronic kidney disease and care workers to get protected against flu as soon as possible. People who suffer from chronic

Review finds 8,500 ‘bed-blocking’ patients stuck in hospital every day

By The Press Association5th February 2016News England

Around 8,500 “bed-blocking” patients are stuck in NHS hospitals every day – costing the health service £900 million a year and driving up use of the private sector, a report

Front line care workers too often feel undervalued, new report

By The Press Association3rd February 2016News Scotland

Front line care workers are all too often “undervalued, unappreciated and overlooked,” a new report has found. The document, called Voices From The Front Line, has been published today by

FM urges councils to agree deal and ensure social care worker wage

By Iain MacDonald3rd February 2016News Scotland

The First Minister has called on councils to “do the right thing” and accept the funding deal being offered by the Scottish Government. She made the plea as the February

Thousands of unpaid carers struggling to find information on available support

By Iain MacDonald29th January 2016News England

New analysis of Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) data by Which? Elderly Care has found that nearly a third (31%) of unpaid carers looking after an elderly relative