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Guidance on personal budgets in mental health launched
Organisations introducing personal health budgets in mental health need to be prepared for change as patients opt to spend money on non-traditional treatments such as training courses and help...
New vision for Suffolk care success
NorthStar , in conjunction with the Castlemeadow Group, has been selected as the preferred care provider and developer of a radical elderly health care vision for the town of Halesworth in Suffolk.... Grey-Thompson (front row, second right) with members of the Wheelchair Leadership Alliance.jpg "Baroness (Tanni) Grey-Thompson (front row, second right) with members of the Wheelchair Leadership Alliance assembling for its inaugural meeting in the House of Lords")
Paralympian heads up campaign for wheelchair users
A national alliance aimed at ensuring a better deal for wheelchair users has been set up under the leadership of one of the UK’s best known Paralympic athletes, Baroness Grey-Thompson. The...
Vulnerable people need ‘care, not custody’
Older people, children and people who are mentally unwell are being locked in cells due to a lack of health and social care provision, the police watchdog for England and Wales has found. Her...
Commission funds new human rights training for CQC
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is to fund training in equality and human rights for Care Quality Commission (CQC) staff to ensure the human rights of people who use health and social...
Membership body prepares sector for personal health budget expansion
The financial challenges of implementing personal health budgets can be minimised if providers and commissioners work together, according to a briefing paper published ahead of their expansion,...
Homecare services losing out on vital funding
Homecare providers are being underpaid for their services by the majority of local authorities in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The UK Homecare Association (UKHCA), the professional...
Care safeguarding system is failing, say families
Thousands of complaints about substandard elderly care in England were lodged last year, a BBC investigation has found. Researchers for 5 live Investigates discovered that 14,888 claims about...
Double award win within care group’s grasp
Springhill Care, based in Accrington, has made it through to the finals of two categories in the Red Rose Awards. The care home group has been shortlisted for the title of Health and Care Business...
Age UK slams lack of social care funding
Age UK has published a damning report on the state of funding for national social care services. The charity’s social care ‘score card’ shows that despite rising demand the...
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