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Social care start-up announces plans to create 5,000 new jobs nationwide

By Iain MacDonald21st November 201823rd December 2018News England

Social care start-up Cera Care has announced plans to create 5,000 new care jobs nationwide as part of a £10 million investment. The start-up will invest in new technologies including

Costs of caring for adults with learning disabilities could increase by £2bn by 2025

By Iain MacDonald19th November 201823rd December 2018News England

The costs of caring for adults with learning disabilities is projected to increase by almost £2bn by 2025 – with England’s largest councils warning that unless these ‘enormous’ costs are

Care workers amony those who could have ‘mandatory duty’ to report forced marriage

By Hayden Smith16th November 201823rd December 2018News England

Doctors, nurses and teachers could face criminal charges for failing to report forced marriage cases under plans being considered by the Government. Ministers are weighing up the possibility of introducing

Call for funding increase amid ‘real threat to sustainability’ of care home sector

By The Press Association16th November 201823rd December 2018News Scotland

Care home operators are to issue a stern warning over what they describe as under-resourcing in the sector as they meet for a conference. Donald Macaskill, chief executive of Scottish

Improved collaboration urged to deliver health and social care integration

By The Press Association15th November 201823rd December 2018News Scotland

All bodies involved in the integration of health and social care services need to work together better if it is to make a “meaningful difference” to people in Scotland, according

Tax rises needed to avoid collapse of adult social care, council leaders warn

By David Wilcock14th November 201823rd December 2018News England

Increasing income tax or national insurance contributions should be considered by the Government to avoid the collapse of adult social care, councils have warned. The Local Government Authority (LGA) said

Call for improved integration of health and social care in Clackmannanshire and Stirling

By Iain MacDonald14th November 201823rd December 2018News Scotland

Health and social care services in Clackmannanshire and Stirling are performing well at present but need to work together more effectively as partners to meet the needs of people in

Engage: How can we fix adult social care?

By Catherine Needham12th November 201823rd December 2018Engage

Most of us want to live interdependently – in lives full of friendship, love, purpose and meaning. We also want some independence – to make choices about our lives, and

Engage: Some care given was ‘so bad that it would make you cry’, outgoing CQC chief

By Ella Pickover6th November 201823rd December 2018Engage

England’s chief care inspector has warned of “shocking” failings over people in care homes. Andrea Sutcliffe, the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) chief inspector of adult social care, said some care

Whitehall ‘group think’ and inter-departmental ‘open warfare’ slammed by vaccine tsar

Home Secretary announces inquiry into how Rudakubana ‘came to be so dangerous’

Southport killer Rudakubana referred to anti-extremism programme before attack

Pair who took own lives in Polmont ‘given death sentence’, families’ lawyer says