From October 2023, anyone assessed by a local authority as having eligible care and support needs, either new entrants or existing social...

Evidence to the Committee shows that currently 200,000 people with moderate and severe dementia in England do not get any kind of funded...

The Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) for those receiving care in their own homes and Personal Expenses Allowance (PEA) for care home...

The cap will not cover the daily living costs (DLCs) for people in care homes, and people will remain responsible for their daily living...

Government will introduce an amendment to the Care Act 2014 to set out the way that people progress towards the cap. This amendment,...

It has been confirmed that individuals will have to contribute 20% of savings of between £20,000 and £100,000 towards their care costs...

Government has issued a further document which clarifies some of the key elements of the planned care funding reforms and marks the start...

The local government watchdog in adult social care has seen a continued and “relentless rise” in complaints, leading him to warn that the...

Lots of figures are quoted when it comes to care fees in the UK, but the recently announced reforms will be based on the rate paid by...

Patients having to stay in hospital longer are putting more pressure on an NHS already struggling with Covid-19 and the waiting list...

Ombudsman urges council to review all of its residential care placements since 2020 after it determined that the local authority had...

“The significant additional investment already announced for the NHS to stabilise services, upgrade equipment and facilities and tackle...