Labour leader rejects conference calls for £15 minimum wage
Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has rejected his own party's calls for a £15 an hour minimum wage - despite acknowledging the…
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Ombudsman report highlights gulf in care services
The gulf between what the public expects and what it actually gets, when it comes to adult social care, has been starkly…
Keep your drinking water safe
Drinking water in England and Wales was rated as very high-quality last year, despite the challenges of the pandemic, and property owners…
Insurers publish liability guidance for care homes
Care homes are advised to start their insurance renewal process three months in advance, under new guidance from British insurers.
Social care levy tinkers around edges of broken system
Social care levy tinkers around edges of broken system Think-tank Nuffield Trust has condemned the Government’s health and care levy as “tinkering…
McVitie’s Tasties biscuit decorating competition – it’s almost ‘crunch’ time
Care homes have until Sunday 31 October to send in decorated biscuits and biscuit-themed desserts for McVitie’s Tasties’ competition
RCN urges nurses to end “pandemic of racism”
In the RCN’s annual Mary Seacole Lecture, Professor Calvin Moorley PhD, Chair of Diversity and Social Justice at London South Bank University,…
NHSX partnership aims to boost digital social care
A new partnership between Digital Social Care and NHSX will give care providers and NHS organisations guidance and support materials to roll…
Care leaders lobby for staffing support in open letter to Cabinet
Five care organisations have written to Cabinet ministers to ask for "immediate support" to address serious staffing shortages across social care sector.
New podcast: how going digital boosts care
How care homes can improve their business and care by going digital.
