Providers support £10 an hour carer wage – and demand social care reform to fund it
Care campaigners want staff to be paid a minimum of £10 an hour to look after the country’s most vulnerable people –…
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Anger as overseas care staff are excluded from new visa scheme
Campaigners say a Government decision to deny overseas care workers a visa to work in Britain has robbed the social care sector…
Care homes cautiously welcome PM promise of extra £600m to fight COVID-19
After admitting that deaths from COVID-19 in care homes have been “too high” Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised a £600m package…
Budget must address crisis in social care, says Independent Care Group
The struggling social care sector must be rescued in next week’s Budget, says the Independent Care Group. The representative body for independent…
Care group calls for Health Secretary to act swiftly on social care
A providers’ group has called on Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt to act quickly and tackle the crisis in social care. And…
Call for PM to make social care a New Year resolution
A social care provider is calling on the Prime Minister to make looking after our oldest and most vulnerable top of her…
Care group says unheeded warnings set to spark crisis
Unheeded warnings over the state of social care have left the care of our oldest and most vulnerable adults in danger, a…
Providers tell CQC ‘we want to improve’
Social care providers have said they are committed to driving up standards but are being hampered by funding shortages and the ability…
‘Social care must be a General Election issue’
There have been calls for social care to be a key issue in the forthcoming General Election. The snap election provides a…
Budget reaction – a cautious welcome
Reaction to the Chancellor’s Budget has been mostly favourable but with concerns still being expressed by those providing care. Care England has welcomed…
