Home Care News
Queen’s Speech fails to mention social care funding
28 May 2015
Social care funding was ‘strikingly absent’ from the Queen’s Speech which set out the Government’s intention to secure the future of the National Health Service by increasing the health budget, integrating healthcare and social care.....
Disability hate is the great unreported crime
22 May 2015
Police forces are failing to make an impact upon disability hate crime, according to the Criminal Justice Joint Inspectorate (CJJI), despite having been urged to take steps in a 2013 Joint Review by the public body. In its follow-up.....
Doctors denounce PM’s seven-day NHS announcement as 'empty headline grabbing'
18 May 2015
The British Medical Association has criticised the Prime Minister’s seven-day NHS announcement as “empty headline grabbing” and questioned how it will be delivered, when the NHS is facing a funding gap of £30bn and a chronic shortage.....
New disabilities minister is against long-term benefits for disabled people
13 May 2015
David Cameron has announced that the new minister for disabled people is Justin Tomlinson, the Conservative MP for North Swindon. Mr Tomlinson is a former national chairman of Conservative Future, the youth.....
New care minister named as Alistair Burt
12 May 2015
David Cameron has chosen Alistair Burt to be the new care minister in the Cabinet reshuffle. Mr Burt, who will be responsible for older people, dementia, local government, adult social care, carers, end-of-life.....
Jeremy Hunt's biggest priority is 'to transform care outside hospitals'
12 May 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed that Jeremy Hunt will continue as Secretary of State for Health. Mr Hunt, who has been in the post for over two and a half years, said he was “humbled to be reappointed.....
General Election 2015: Will life improve for people receiving home care?
06 May 2015
Life isn’t easy for people receiving home care, with many only getting 15 minute visits from a succession of different home care workers, preventing them from building up any kind of relationship. A recent study by Unison also.....