Home Care News
Bluebird Care sponsors champion league football to success
29 Jul 2022
Bluebird Care Northallerton, Thirsk and Catterick has become the new sponsor behind this year’s Junior Champions League champions, Brompton Juniors Under 10s. As part of the sponsorship, Bluebird Care has.....
People's safety at risk from 'cliff edge' of a lack of social care say NHS leaders
28 Jul 2022
NHS leaders are demanding the government make social care its ‘top priority’ as people’s safety is at risk from a lack of care provision. A July poll of 243 NHS leaders has found 99 per cent are seeing.....
Home care provider who took 'inspiration' from grandad wins national award
28 Jul 2022
A home care provider who was “inspired” to become a care worker after he experienced “poor care” with his grandad, has won a national award for brightening the lives of people living with dementia within the community......
People with dementia feel relaxed with 'twiddle muffs' keeping 'restless' hands busy
26 Jul 2022
Twiddle muffs are being knitted to relax people with dementia and 15 of the fun gloves have been given to home care provider Home Instead as sensory stimulation for “restless hands”. Adorned with beads and.....
Inspectors rate Carefound Home Care 'outstanding' at all branches
25 Jul 2022
Carefound Home Care has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) at all of its branches and is urging the public to consider a career in care by attending its recruitment open days. Carefound.....
Care chiefs urge government to place social care staff on par with NHS
22 Jul 2022
In response to over one million NHS staff being given a pay rise of at least £1,400 with the lowest earners receiving up to 9.3 per cent, care chiefs are calling on the government to place adult social care staff on an equal footing.....
Home Instead appoints new director of care and quality
21 Jul 2022
Home Instead has appointed Sanjeev Kaushal as its new director of care and quality to help "transform" the range of care services and "meet the needs of clients in the future". Mr Kaushal is a qualified.....
Filled posts in social care fall by 3% for first time ever
21 Jul 2022
The number of filled posts in adult social care has decreased by around three per cent (50,000) between 2020/21 and 2021/22 for the first time ever (with records dating back to 2012/13) according to an annual report. The.....
Social care is at the 'centre of a storm' as winter approaches, warns ADASS
19 Jul 2022
With over half (54 per cent) of adult social care directors saying they have overspent on social care budgets last year and with a predicted inflation rate rise of 11 per cent by the end of the year, a new report warns this will create.....
Nottinghamshire home care provider awarded 'outstanding' rating after first ever inspection
18 Jul 2022
Carefound Home Care (West Bridgford) where staff have “fantastic job satisfaction” and people are at the 'heart of the service' has been awarded an ‘outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after its first inspection. The.....
Sister of autistic Elliot trapped in mental health hospital says 'he is scared and homesick'
15 Jul 2022
As the government pledges to halve the number of people with learning disabilities and autism in mental health hospitals by 2024, Rebecca Davis has revealed how she has been fighting for four years to get her brother released from.....
Elderly 'who refuse to embrace app culture' run risk of being cut off from vital services
14 Jul 2022
Huge numbers of older people run the risk of being cut off from society, as the NHS joins an increasing number of organisations using apps to manage and book vital services. From March 2023, people using.....
Home care worker tells MPs care work is 'not unskilled'
12 Jul 2022
A care worker told MPs in the House of Commons they need to ditch the perception that care work is unskilled, saying “it is simply not true”. Chevonne Baker, who works for Right at Home Basingstoke spoke.....
NHS cancer patients will be first to benefit from chemo drone deliveries
11 Jul 2022
NHS cancer patients will be the first in the world to benefit from chemotherapy delivered by drones as part of a new trial. The drones, which will be making their first flights in the coming weeks, will be.....
Boris Johnson makes Steve Barclay health and social care secretary, after Sajid Javid resigns
06 Jul 2022
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of clinging on to power by his fingernails despite growing calls for him to step down - with the speedy promotion of Steve Barclay to the post of Secretary of State for Health and Social.....
Nurse starts home care business after struggle to get relatives home from hospital
05 Jul 2022
An NHS nurse for almost 27 years has left his job to launch a home care business in Scotland after the pandemic left him struggling to discharge his relatives from hospital. Georg Gottschlich is.....
New NHS and social care system 'has power to completely transform health and care'
01 Jul 2022
From blood pressure checks in betting shops to diabetes and weight management support in local sports clubs - these are just some of the initiatives being delivered by a new integrated care system. Forty-two.....