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Care homes in Wales could fill 20,000 vacancies "by the end of the week" if they could find the staf
Mario Kreft, chairman of Care Forum Wales, said the sector was facing its worst crisis "in living memory". He said the care sector had...
Oct 22, 2021
Pension Underpayment
The National Audit Office has recently published the results of its investigation into the underpayment of state pensions. The report...
Oct 20, 2021
The Need to Find a Care Home
More than one in 5 of us aged 45 or over have experience of helping to find a care home for a relative. The expectation is that around...
Oct 19, 2021
40,000 care jobs at risk with a cost of £100m?
There are concerns that care home operators face losing 40,000 staff as a result of the government’s policy of requiring all their staff...
Oct 18, 2021
27% increase in social work demand
Due to people being discharged from hospital sooner, to free up capacity for Covid, there has been a 27% increase in the demand for...
Oct 14, 2021
ASK OUR ADVISERS - Why is tariff income so high?
Tariff income is the amount a person is required to contribute towards their care costs when they are supported by their local authority...
Oct 13, 2021
NHS to gobble up new care funds
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said social care "does not actually get as much money as it needs" under government plans for new...
Oct 12, 2021
Council in breach because it did not offer an affordable care home
Warwickshire council has been found to be in breach of the Care Act after it failed to offer a man a nursing home place within his...
Oct 11, 2021
Care Worker Trends
A recent Skills for Care report on ‘the state of staffing in the social care market’ highlighted some worrying facts. · Pay in...
Oct 8, 2021
Not an extra minute of care
The Government’s proposed reforms to social care funding “will not add a single minute of extra care and support, or improve the quality...
Oct 7, 2021
ASK OUR ADVISERS - What is tariff income?
Tariff income is the contribution an individual is required to make towards the cost of their care when they have savings between the...
Oct 6, 2021
Care staff turnover is a third
Staff turnover last year was 29.6% in residential homes and 36.8% in nursing homes according to data released by the Office for National...
Oct 5, 2021
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