02/11/2020 - 10:27
The Future Social Care Coalition has argued that an immediate £3.9 billion emergency support fund is needed for the care sector.
02/11/2020 - 09:09
Jonathan Ashworth has stressed that the next weeks must be used to expand testing and fix contact tracing to avoid the mistakes of the summer.
29/10/2020 - 11:32
The coronavirus pandemic has now reached a ‘critical’ stage in England, with a dramatic increase in infections recorded across all areas of the country.
28/10/2020 - 09:33
The Lib Dems and Alliance Party of Northern Ireland have said that coronavirus restrictions should be the same across all four UK nations this Christmas.
27/10/2020 - 13:08
The UK’s leading bodies concerned with children’s play have joined together in a concerted effort to ensure that community play areas remain open.
27/10/2020 - 08:48
More than 50 Conservative MPs in northern England have urged the Prime Minister to provide a ‘clear roadmap’ out of lockdown.
23/10/2020 - 12:24
Councils in Newcastle and Gateshead have confirmed that plans to introduce a Clean Air Zone in Newcastle city centre have been delayed.
23/10/2020 - 09:47
London Councils says that coronavirus has led to an unprecedented spike in demand for London boroughs’ welfare support services.
22/10/2020 - 08:50
The Health and Social Care Committee has called for a £7 billion annual increase in social care funding as a starting point for reform.
21/10/2020 - 08:39
Skills for Care has found that the adult social care sector in England still needs to fill around 112,000 job vacancies on any given day.
21/10/2020 - 08:26
Nearly a million children living in areas that are subject to coronavirus restrictions are set to lose access to free school meals over the holidays.
20/10/2020 - 09:48
Family carers are going without crucial services, whilst providing many hours of additional care for loved ones with increasing needs.
19/10/2020 - 13:05
Mark Drakeford has announced that Wales will go into a national ‘firebreak’ lockdown from 23 October until 9 November.
16/10/2020 - 12:44
The CQC has warned that an under pressure social care sector is ‘fragile’ heading into a second wave of coronavirus infections.
15/10/2020 - 08:01
Labour is urging the government to ditch Serco and let councils and local public health teams run contact tracing.
