Category - social care

May 27, 2017

Conservatives’ social care U-turn leaves mistrust and uncertainty

After dismay from voters at Conservative Manifesto plans for social care, Theresa May, the party leader and current Prime Minister, has backed down.
May 21, 2017

Many more to fund own social care if Conservatives win

Many people will lose the right to council help to pay for their social care if the Conservatives win the general election.
April 27, 2017

PAC reports on GP access, social care, and ambulance services

Public Accounts Committee says Better Care Fund is "little more than a complicated ruse"
April 27, 2017

Public Accounts Committee reports on GP access, social care, and ambulance services

Public Accounts Committee says Better Care Fund is "little more than a complicated ruse"
February 1, 2017

Government ideology makes caring more difficult

When making cuts to social security benefits the government’s approach has been to blame the poor for their own poverty.
January 1, 2017

Reclaim the State in 2017

“David Cameron has been in Leeds preaching to businessmen the virtues of what he calls ‘the smart state’.
November 3, 2015

Government must cover cost of Living Wage for care home workers, says JRF

A new report commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and written by Lancaster University and the International Longevity Centre – UK, has found that introducing the NLW for low-paid care home workers will cost £387 million per year, which will need to be met by central and local government as well as care providers.
June 19, 2015

Choice Support chief wins international award for person-centred care

Steven Rose, Chief Executive of Choice Support has been awarded the 2015 Platinum Medal of the European Society for Person Centered Healthcare (ESPCH).
April 13, 2015

Inheritance tax change not as generous as it sounds

The inheritance tax threshold will be raised if the Conservatives win the election, David Cameron, the UK Prime Minister pledged.
January 7, 2015

Many councils fail to ensure minimum wage for home care workers, says union

Figures obtained by the Unison union show most councils in England and Wales are failing to ensure home care workers are paid the national minimum wage.