Over the coming months, CQC will be conducting over 250 unannounced inspections of home care services. There are two surveys – one for […]

At a recent training event run by Skills for Care on Dementia Awareness it was noted that NO domiciallry care agencies from […]

Best Practice in Direct Payment Support: A guide for commissioners is the latest resource to be launched by the TLAP Partnership. It […]

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has published two briefings on the implications for greater collaboration between health and social services […]

Department of health are running a survey on peoples views about what care etc they receive if you have a long term […]

“Good atmosphere, really helped me to understand the issues”. This was some of the feedback from our “Employing A Personal Assistant” event […]

Massive variations in personal budget take-up persist between councils and regions, the latest official figures show. While 29.2% of adult care users […]

Find out what it is really like to employ a Personal Care Assistant; hear from Personal Assistants themselves; learn what support is […]

The first issue of our new newsletter, Active, is now available to download. Click the image below to download it as a […]

“Had a really good time, nice family environment.” “A great idea, a good way to engage” These are just some of the […]