As many will be aware, there is a staffing crisis in the health and social care sector. Up until recently, it has been mostly NHS doctors who have been striking, largely over pay issues, in an attempt urge the Government to act and inject more funding into the healthcare sector. It appears that the social …
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With a bed shortage in the health and social care sector, Flinton Blythe Land Agency has come up with a unique solution to creating more beds – giving care providers first dibs on sites that could be suitable for use as care or nursing homes. This comes after Flinton Blythe found out that there was …
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The Archbishop of Canterbury claimed social care was the most pressing issue facing the UK in his New Year message. This was followed by the Church of England’s Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care publishing a report titled ‘Care and Support Reimagined: a National Care Covenant for England’ on 24 January 2023. The report consisted of …
The Nuffield Trust, which is an independent UK health think tank, recently conducted a study into peoples’ perception of care workers in the UK. Findings from the study have been published in a research report titled, ‘New horizons: What can England learn from the professionalisation of care workers in other countries?’. The report states that …
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Care Minister Gillian Keegan has announced that the Government is delaying self-funders access to lower local authority fee rates by 18 months. In a statement on Thursday 7 July 2022, Gillian Keegan outlined that following consultation on the implementation of change with local authorities, the Government has decided to utilise the extension of section 18(3) …
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On 18 May 2022, County Councils Network which is a body representing England’s local authorities, released a new independent report titled ‘Preparing for Reform’ report (“The Report”). The Report analysed aspects and costs of the Government’s planned social care reform. The Report estimates that the Government are ‘seriously underestimating’ the costs of its social care …
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