
Occupational therapy could save NHS and social care – but don't call us OTs
Occupational therapists slash hospital admissions and delayed transfers of care – clinicians and politicians need to recognise and value...

Six innovations that could build a new social care system
An unexpected effect of cuts to council budgets, and the ensuing crisis in support services for adults and older people, is that the...

Dorset care home builds 40-seat theatre to entertain residents
A family-run care home has built a 1930s-style theatre in its basement to allow residents to “enjoy the things they used to”. Believed to...

Councils and health boards dispute £250m care costs
A £250m dispute over who pays for nurses delivering social care in residential homes in Wales has been heard by the Supreme Court. The...

Chai Patel hands over reins as chief executive of HC-One - one of UK's biggest care providers
Chai Patel, founder of HC-One, the UK’s third largest care home provider has stepped down from his position as chief executive. Dr Patel...

'I felt betrayed': EU nationals on working in social care after the Brexit vote
More than 90,000 European care workers in the UK are living in limbo, none the wiser about how they will be affected by Brexit. Here are...

Care industry ‘at a standstill’
A CARE agency in Swindon has confirmed it is struggling to recruit new workers after it was revealed more than 900 carers in England are...