Home Care News
Allied Healthcare offloads home care contracts
20 Nov 2018
Allied Healthcare is seeking to transfer or sell all of its home care contracts to other providers in the wake of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) damning notice on its financial viability. The care regulator.....
Tax increases urgently needed to rescue adult social care, warn councils
14 Nov 2018
Increasing income tax or National Insurance (NI) contributions must be urgently considered by the Government to rescue the future of adult social care, councils have warned. The Local Government Association.....
Government says 'sleep-in' care workers aren't entitled to minimum wage
08 Nov 2018
Care workers should not be paid the National Minimum Wage for every hour of a sleep-in shift, the government has announced. New guidance by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).....