Building on the Royal College of Occupational Therapists’ (RCOT) previous report Reducing the pressure on hospitals, this report focuses on the contribution...
Archive - August 2017
They say you should never waste a crisis, and by any standards social care is in one. So how to turn adversity into opportunity?
My answer to that question has...
Only 1 in 10 MPs in England (10%) believe that the current social care system is suitable for the UK’s ageing population. And 86% of MPs in England believe a...
On the homepage of Tonic Housing’s website we ask the simple question: Who will care for you when you get older? At the end of an 18-month research &...
On 26 July 2017, the Government announced plans to temporarily suspend national minimum wage (NMW) enforcement activity; to the relief of social care providers...
In the quest to develop new care models, NHS England are piloting six enhanced health in care home vanguards with the aim of offering older people...
Francesca at the Co-production Festival with the chair of SCIE’s Co-production Network, Tina Coldham, during the Question and Answer session.
I got...
With over fifty care and senior living locations throughout the country, Avery Healthcare has probably achieved a sector first for a larger care provider by...
After the heated and often confused debate about social care during our strange general election, we need to ensure that the Green Paper promised before...
An employment appeal tribunal has decided that care workers employed by Mencap and required to sleep in at a service user’s home are entitled to be paid the...






