Care Appointments

Government suffers fresh defeat as peers insist on rethink of ‘unfair’ social care costs cap

By Nick Lester, Ben Hatton and David Lynch, Reporters6th April 2022News England

A rethink has been demanded by peers of the Government’s planned £86,000 cap on care costs, amid concerns it was unfair to poorer people. The House of Lords backed by

Union anger over end of Covid-related funding scheme for care workers

By Alan Jones, Reporter3rd April 20224th April 2022News England

Unions are warning that care workers are set to be plunged back into “sick pay poverty” because of the ending of a scheme set up during the pandemic. Under the

MPs reject rethink of £86,000 care cap despite Tory backbench criticism plan is regressive

By David Lynch, Martina Bet and Richard Wheeler, Reporters30th March 2022News England

The Government’s planned £86,000 cap on personal care cost contributions is “regressive” and a “classic policy of levelling down”, ministers have been told. Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton)

Engage: What the past two years have taught us about data in adult social care

By 23rd March 2022Engage

The past two years have seen unprecedented challenges for the care sector, from the impact of COVID-19, to recruitment and retention challenges, and evolving government policy. Dave Griffiths, Programme Head

Online portal launched to distribute Personal Assistant £500 recognition payments in Northern Ireland

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter23rd March 2022News Northern Ireland

A new online application portal has launched to enable special recognition payments to be made to social care Personal Assistants who worked during the pandemic. Launching the online portal which

Scottish Tories set out Local Care Service proposal that guarantees no one offered care far from home

By Neil Pooran, Reporter21st March 2022News Scotland

The Scottish Conservatives have set out proposals for a Local Care Service, presenting it as an alternative to the Scottish Government’s planned National Care Service. It comes after the party’s

Government ‘seriously underestimated’ social care costs with widespread care home closures forecast

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter18th March 2022News England

Care homes could face widespread closures under new social care reforms, as new analysis warns government has ‘seriously underestimated’ the costs of its proposals. England’s largest councils and care providers

Peers demand rethink on social care costs cap voting instead to back original Sir Andrew Dilnot plan

By Nick Lester and David Lynch, Reporters7th March 2022News England

Peers have inflicted defeats against the Government over its planned £86,000 cap on care costs. The House of Lords backed by 198 votes to 158, majority 40, a cross-party move

New research shines light on emotional and physical effects of pandemic on care home workers

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter7th March 2022News Scotland

There is a “moral obligation” to provide more psychological support to care home staff as they continue to live with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. That is the conclusion

Scottish Labour to propose free residential care for those aged over 65

By Craig Paton, Reporter4th March 2022News Scotland

Scots aged over 65 would receive free residential care under a Scottish Labour government, leader Anas Sarwar will say at his party’s conference. Under the party’s plans, health consequentials provided

Minister admits ‘unacceptable’ rise in children subject to Deprivation of Liberty orders

Warning of ‘stark failure’ in social care after children placed in caravan and Airbnb

Four teenagers and man guilty of murdering two boys in case of mistaken identity