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Care Occupancy Rates
At the end of March 2023, care home occupancy was 80.5% across all Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered beds - an increase from last...
Sep 20, 2023
Funded Nursing Care Confusion
NHS-funded Nursing Care (FNC) is an area which research from Which? has shown is potentially creating problems with care fees. The...
Sep 14, 2023
What is Funded Nursing Care?
NHS-funded nursing care (FNC) is paid by the NHS to cover any fees related to the nursing or medical care a person receives from a...
Sep 12, 2023
Good News and Bad News
Local Authorities have halved the number of home care hours not being delivered due to a lack of staffing capacity, to just over half a...
Sep 11, 2023
NHS at 75
The NHS reached its 75th birthday in July but for how much longer can it continue in its current form. When the NHS was created the main...
Sep 7, 2023
Care Beds Fall in Wales
There are around 500 fewer places in care homes in Wales than there were in 2015, according to a report from the BBC. It comes as the...
Sep 6, 2023
More Home Care Delivered
Councils commissioned 30% more home care hours from January to March 2023 at 54.5 million hours than the previous quarter according to...
Sep 5, 2023
Care Assessment Wait Reduces
Local Authorities have cut care and assessment waiting lists by 60,000 since last summer and are arranging more home care, but continue...
Aug 29, 2023
What is pension credit?
Pension Credit provides extra money to help with living costs for people over State Pension age and on a low income. Pension Credit can...
Aug 24, 2023
The Cinnamon Trust
The only specialist national charity for people in their last years and their much loved, much needed companion animals. Their network of...
Aug 23, 2023
Available Care Beds
The number of Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered care home beds as at the start of March 2023 was 461,958 – a decrease since last...
Aug 22, 2023
Care home inspection reports
In the UK, there are four watchdogs responsible for inspecting and reporting on care providers. The reports are publicly available and...
Aug 21, 2023
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