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Nov 3, 2021
Care jobs unfilled
The annual Skills for Care Workforce report is based on data provided by a representative sample of employers of England's 1.54 million...
Nov 1, 2021
Care Act contravention
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found that a local authority failed to meet a care home resident’s needs after his...
Oct 29, 2021
Care Staff Change Career
A recent survey found that about 60% of care providers have seen an increase in the rate of staff leaving, with 40% moving to other...
Oct 28, 2021
What Does Care Aware Do?
Care Aware is a public information and advisory service specialising in elderly care funding advice in the UK. Our objectives are to...
Oct 26, 2021
Care staff shortages handicap NHS
According to a BBC report, NHS chief executives say rising numbers of patients are stuck in hospitals in England due to a lack of care...
Oct 25, 2021
Social Care Consultations Are Ongoing
The engagement programme to develop detailed plans for social care reform are continuing as Department of Health and Social Care...
Oct 22, 2021
Care homes in Wales could fill 20,000 vacancies "by the end of the week" if they could find the staf
Mario Kreft, chairman of Care Forum Wales, said the sector was facing its worst crisis "in living memory". He said the care sector had...
Oct 20, 2021
Pension Underpayment
The National Audit Office has recently published the results of its investigation into the underpayment of state pensions. The report...
Oct 19, 2021
The Need to Find a Care Home
More than one in 5 of us aged 45 or over have experience of helping to find a care home for a relative. The expectation is that around...
Oct 18, 2021
40,000 care jobs at risk with a cost of £100m?
There are concerns that care home operators face losing 40,000 staff as a result of the government’s policy of requiring all their staff...
Oct 14, 2021
27% increase in social work demand
Due to people being discharged from hospital sooner, to free up capacity for Covid, there has been a 27% increase in the demand for...
Oct 13, 2021
ASK OUR ADVISERS - Why is tariff income so high?
Tariff income is the amount a person is required to contribute towards their care costs when they are supported by their local authority...
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