Care Providers’ Press Releases

Equality and Human Rights Commission turns spotlight on elderly care
27-Jul-11
Home care services in the UK are coming under the intense spotlight of public interest this month as the Equality and Human Rights Commission reports that the neglect and disrespect shown to many elderly people read full article

Fund to boost innovation and the role of voluntary sector in health
27-Jul-11
The latest round of funding to support voluntary projects in health and social care has today been announced by Care Services Minister, Paul Burstow. Applications are invited to the 2012-13 Innovation, Excellence read full article

Department of Health tackles shortfall of Personal Assistants
27-Jul-11
Plans to make it easier for people with disabilities to employ Personal Assistants to help them to live as full a life as possible were revealed today by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow. A Framework for read full article

Allied Healthcare Wins Extracare Contract
26-Jul-11
‘East Sussex County Council are pleased to announce that Allied Healthcare Group have been awarded the contract as the new care and support providers for Marlborough House Extracare housing scheme in St Leonard's-upon-Sea. read full article

Care worker wins gold in tough London final
21-Jul-11
On Friday 15 July care workers from all over the UK came to London to showcase their skills in the WorldSkills UK Caring Competition final. The exciting event was hosted by the National Skills Academy for Social read full article

More choice for NHS patients across the country
20-Jul-11
NHS patients will have more freedom to choose where they go for their healthcare from April 2012, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today. More choice will mean that when patients are referred for selected read full article

Common Core Principles for supporting people with dementia launched
20-Jul-11
New Common Core Principles for supporting people with dementia have been launched to develop a workforce that will respond confidently to the person with dementia and support the life they want to lead. The read full article

Independent review into personal mobility needs of people living in residential care
19-Jul-11
Lord Low of Dalston CBE will chair an independent review into how the personal mobility needs of people living in state-funded residential care are met. Leading disability charities Leonard Cheshire Disability read full article

20 jobs to be created by new 'at home care' business
19-Jul-11
With care of elderly people rising to the top of the political agenda, a new business specialising in caring for older people in their own homes is looking to create 20 jobs in the coming year across the Horsham read full article

Alzheimer's Society supported Sir Terry Pratchett recognised as a Champion of Alzheimer's disease
19-Jul-11
Award-winning author and Alzheimer's Society supporter, Sir Terry Pratchett, has been named Health Champion of the Year by the UK's leading health experts and journalists. The award, presented at the Medical read full article

New quality care service to create over 50 jobs in local community
19-Jul-11
In launching the Exeter and East Devon office of Home Instead Senior Care, husband and wife team, Mark and Vanessa McGlade are realising their lifetime ambition of working together. Home Instead is an award winning read full article

Lord Stoneham to Chair Housing 21
19-Jul-11
Housing 21 has announced the forthcoming appointment of Lord Ben Stoneham as Chair Designate to replace the retiring chair, Professor David Grayson CBE. Lord Stoneham, who was made a Liberal Democrat Life Peer read full article

Dementia must be taken more seriously, say campaigners
13-Jul-11
Healthcare professionals and campaigning groups are calling for dementia to be taken more seriously after a poll revealed that it is the most joked-about condition in the UK. The YouGov survey, released to coincide read full article

Dedicated friends take on 100 mile walk for charity
12-Jul-11
Three friends, David Farthing, Jeff Deane and Simon Pentney have teamed up to do an incredible 100 mile sponsored walk. The three are known as the Allington Wanderers as they all once worked for Allington NHS Trust read full article

CSSIW Engagement Strategy - A Consultation Document
12-Jul-11
This engagement strategy will guide how we keep in touch with service users, carers, potential users, providers and commissioners in order to make sure that users and carers are at the heart of what we do. We read full article

Get on board the health bus
11-Jul-11
Starting tomorrow <12 July 2011> a health bus will be touring ten locations in Suffolk offering free health checks and information about mental health. The bus has been organised by Suffolk Mental Health Partnership read full article

New day care facilities to be built
11-Jul-11
We are to build two new day services facilities for older people in Cumbernauld and Motherwell at a cost of £2.4 million. In Cumbernauld, the existing Antonine Older People's Day Centre will be demolished to read full article

40 jobs to be created by new 'at home care' business
11-Jul-11
A new company specialising in caring for adults in their own homes has opened its doors in Bath and hopes to create 40 new jobs in the area. Home Instead Senior Care, a national, award-winning care company, is read full article

Second advice centre run by and for disabled people opens
08-Jul-11
A second advice centre run for and by disabled people has opened as part of a pioneering Surrey County Council initiative. The hub in Redhill High Street is staffed entirely by volunteers except for a manager. read full article

ASL and members lobby MPs for greater community based support
08-Jul-11
“Lifeways fully supports the response of the ASL following the Panorama programme 'Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed', which showed disturbing scenes of people with learning disabilities and autism being abused read full article

Council's Disability Champions congratulate Andrea Baxter
08-Jul-11
Lisburn City Council’s Disability Champions, Councillor Margaret Tolerton and Equality Officer Stephen Malcolm, presented Lisburn woman Andrea Baxter with a bouquet of flowers, in recognition of the coveted William read full article

Dementia not taken seriously enough according to poll
07-Jul-11
Dementia is the most joked about medical condition according to an Alzheimer's Society commissioned poll. Almost a quarter (24%) of people say they hear jokes about dementia the most compared to other conditions read full article

Council launches community care association
07-Jul-11
A wide-ranging consultation has been launched on proposed changes in the delivery of community care services by Moray Council. The council’s community care team currently provides care and support services – read full article

Response to the Dilnot report into the future of funding for social care
07-Jul-11
Councillor Ken Thornber, Leader of Hampshire County Council and Chairman of Hampshire's Personalisation Commission, said: "We fully support Dilnot's proposal for a partnership between the state and the individual read full article

Supreme Court judgement identifies need for urgent action
07-Jul-11
The English Community Care Association (ECCA), the leading representative body for independent care providers, has today responded to the Supreme Court judgement in the case of Elaine McDonald. Martin Green, read full article

Building the local care market
06-Jul-11
Changes to the way Kirklees Council delivers home care services are helping to stimulate growth in care businesses and create 100-150 new jobs in the sector over the next 18 months. Kirklees Council now aims read full article

Kidderminster to host Ageing Well Strategy open meeting
06-Jul-11
An open meeting is being held in Kidderminster next week giving people a chance to speak up about the future of health care and support services for the over 50s. A new draft strategy has been developed by a read full article

Fact-finding visit by Health Secretary
06-Jul-11
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley was in Aylesbury yesterday (Wednesday, July 6) on a fact-finding visit to meet local doctors, health officials, council members and officers. His visit, at the invitation of Patricia read full article

Local Government Minister recognises transformation of care services
06-Jul-11
Midlothian Council continues to build its reputation for local government change and reform. The local authority took the opportunity to demonstrate some of the county's major successes during a visit from read full article

Cultural activities on offer for Wyre Forest social care users
05-Jul-11
Users of social care services in Wyre Forest will be given the opportunity to try out cultural activities like drama and jewellery making at an event taking place at Kidderminster Library from 10am to 5pm on Wednesday, read full article

Dilnot proposals fairer for individuals - but will make no difference to immediate funding crisis facing social care
05-Jul-11
Proposals from the Dilnot Commission for a fairer system of funding social care have been welcomed by the Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA). However, the RNHA warns that the introduction of a £35,000 read full article

Stubborn over-sixties urged not to suffer in silence
05-Jul-11
The UK’s growing over-60s population is set to spark an increase in joint pain management and surgery because they are reluctant to seek treatment for minor problems. Staff at Care UK, an independent health read full article

Sevacare Launches Take Action Campaign
04-Jul-11
Sevacare has recently launched a new campaign to encourage staff and members of the public to ‘take action’ on anything they would consider to be a form of abuse. Sevacare is dedicated to the protection of vulnerable read full article

Creating a fair and sustainable care and support system
04-Jul-11
The Government today welcomed the report from the independent commission chaired by Andrew Dilnot as a valuable contribution to meeting the long term challenge of an ageing population. The Commission on the read full article

Consultation on dementia strategy launched
04-Jul-11
Today sees the start of National Dementia Awareness Week along with a public consultation on the draft Essex, Southend and Thurrock Dementia Strategy. There are over 22,000 people living with dementia in Essex read full article

Campaign helps people to live independently
04-Jul-11
Northamptonshire County Council is launching a campaign to help more older people to live independently instead of needing specialist support such as residential or home care. Called ‘I Didn’t Realise’, the read full article

Sevacare's Nottingham Care Workers Go the Extra Mile
01-Jul-11
A team of five Care Workers at Sevacare’s Nottingham branch have gone above and beyond their call of duty, demonstrating their remarkable dedication and compassion to vulnerable people. Michelle Belcher, Care Coordinator, read full article

2.5m boost for Supporting People
01-Jul-11
Despite local budget pressures and a reduced grant from central Government, the County Council has invested an extra £2.5m in its Supporting People programme. Supporting People, a national programme that provides read full article

Council vows to protect lost vulnerable with home delivery service
01-Jul-11
Herefordshire Council’s Cabinet has agreed plans to extend its home delivery service of books to protect the county’s most vulnerable residents. Cabinet yesterday (Thursday, June 30) approved the withdrawal read full article

Government facing social care funding event
01-Jul-11
Britons are banking on the Government to look after their social care, with the majority having no money set aside for care in later life. According to the findings from Anchor, a third of Britons are worried read full article