health and social care

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Care Quality Commission has “lost its way” with inspections of care homes, hospitals and other facilities years out of date, its…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCare providers will descend on Westminster next month to demand the Government plug a ‘£2billion funding shortfall’ following the October Budget.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritain’s care homes are at ‘breaking point’ on funding amid ‘stretched’ staffing levels, owners and residents warned today amid fears the industry…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChildren’s services jointly run by two London councils have been awarded an Outstanding rating by Ofsted three times in a row –…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteResidents in Hillingdon receiving social care may be set to pay hundreds more per year under new plans.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThousands of Britain’s most voiceless and vulnerable are living in failing care homes, new figures reveal.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThree sentences in Labour’s 1945 manifesto contained a simple but historic promise: “The best health services should be available free for all….

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHundreds of children’s care home placements are costing councils over £10,000 a week, new figures obtained by The Independent show.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn increasing number of patients have been discharged from hospital despite still needing care, a report has found.   Read More