Chief nursing officer appoints adviser for care home nursing
England’s most senior nurse has appointed the lead on health and wellbeing for Chelsea Pensioners as her advisor on improving…
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Social care providers cutting support to balance books
The number of social care providers who say they have been forced to cut support for vulnerable adults has doubled…
Review of Scottish care system demands radical overhaul
The humane and economic cost of care in Scotland has been calculated for the first time The Independent Care Review…
England’s poorest ‘get worse NHS care’ than wealthiest
New research by the Nuffield Trust has found that England’s poorest people receive worse NHS care, including spending longer in…
Support service to expand across Lancashire
A new housing and support service for older people and people with disabilities will be expanded across Lancashire in early…
Service to stop teens being sent to children’s homes
Care leavers have designed a new service for Salford teenagers that could prevent those on the verge of going into…
Ombudsman reminds councils of their foster carer school transport duties
Councils across England are being reminded about the financial support they must provide to foster carers’ school transport expenses following…
Worst-performing mental health trust ‘still has a way to go’
England’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals has recommended that Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT ) remains in special measures…
