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Cost of free personal and nursing care in Scotland tops £900m

By The Press Association12th November 2024News Scotland

New figures from the Scottish Government reveal that the cost of providing free personal and nursing care has increased to more £900 million. The amount spent on both providing care

Social care costs for working age and lifelong disabled could be £17bn by 2030, CCN warns

By Aine Fox, Reporter11th November 2024News England

Costs to councils to cover social care for working age and lifelong disabled adults could top £17 billion by 2030, projections have suggested amid a warning the proposed National Care

Social care charities supporting people with learning disabilities announce merger

By Iain MacDonald7th November 2024News England

Two leading social care charities have announced they are to merge. Milestones Trust, which provides support for people with learning disabilities and mental health needs in Bath & NE Somerset,

Survey finds 81% of councils on course to overspend adult social care budgets

By Aine Fox, Reporter6th November 2024News England

Eight in 10 councils in England are on course to bust their budget on adult social care by March, according to a survey said to show the “ongoing and intensifying

Cost of inaction on social care reform to be scrutinised as MPs launch inquiry

By Aine Fox, Reporter4th November 2024News England

The cost of a lack of action on social care reform is the subject of a newly-launched inquiry by MPs. The Health and Social Care Committee said it will look

Majority think nurses and care workers are not paid enough, poll finds

By Storm Newton, Reporter28th October 2024News England

The majority of people in Britain think nurses and care workers are still not paid enough, a survey has found. The poll of 1,053 British adults, carried out exclusively for

RCN calls for urgent action to tackle workforce exploitation in social care

By Alan Jones, Reporter17th October 2024News England

Nursing leaders are urging the Government to speed up the establishment of an agency to enforce labour standards. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said any delay to the creation

Carers dealing with ‘cruel and indifferent state’, says tearful Labour peer

By Nick Lester, Reporter10th October 2024News England

A former trade union leader struggled to hold back tears in Parliament as she gave a moving speech on the plight of carers dealing with “a cruel and indifferent state”.

We must stem tide of British care workers leaving their jobs, new report warns

By Aine Fox, Reporter10th October 2024News England

The proportion of men working in adult social care in England has reached a record high, according to a report which also warns of the need to “stem the tide”

Campaigners seek legal action against those who failed to tackle grooming gangs

Plastic surgeon guilty of attempting to murder fellow doctor he ‘hated’

Brand says he ‘never engaged in non-consensual activity’ after being charged