Social-care - Page 2 | Healthcare Management Magazine

Latest social care

Government letting down families on social care, says Dilnot

By Lee Peart 07 July 2025

Professor Andrew Dilnot has accused the Government of ‘letting down generations of families and social care workers’ by not implementing social care reform.

SOCIAL CARE

Soaring costs add to pressure for social care reform

By Lee Peart 02 July 2025

A new poll highlighting pensioners’ fears over social care costs has added to pressure for faster reform.

SOCIAL CARE

Care providers are 'working in the dark'

By Liz Wells 18 June 2025

Almost half (48%) of care providers report they are now effectively ‘working in the dark’, having insufficient advanced visibility of their organisation, new research reveals.

SOCIAL CARE

Lib Dems urge action on care visas

By Liz Wells 19 May 2025

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has urged the Government to allow social care providers to extend care workers’ visas without facing ‘crippling’ Home Office fees, to avoid making the crisis in soc...

FABIAN SOCIETY

Call for £1.5bn boost to care worker pay

By William Eichler 19 May 2025

A think tank has urged the Government to boost social care funding by £1.5bn to support a £2,000 pay rise for care workers.

SOCIAL CARE

Social care needs £3.4bn to avoid decline, report finds

By Lee Peart 15 May 2025

Social care will need an additional £3.4bn each year by 2028/29 to avoid services declining, according to The Health Foundation.

SOCIAL CARE

Overseas recruitment for care workers to end

By Liz Wells 12 May 2025

International recruitment for care workers will end under plans announced by home secretary Yvette Cooper. 

SOCIAL CARE

Government 'abdicating responsibility' on social care, say Lib Dems

By Lee Peart 08 May 2025

The Government has been accused of abdicating its responsibility on building a consensus on fixing social care.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Cost of doing nothing on social care must be assessed, say MPs

By Lee Peart 06 May 2025

MPs have warned the Government it must assess the cost of doing nothing on social care and speed up the process of reform.

NICE

NICE updates guidance to help cut falls and related hospital admissions

By Liz Wells 02 May 2025

Personalised assessments that consider factors, including the hazards in a person’s home and their previous medical history, will help reduce falls in older and at-risk people, according to updated...