social care

Health and social care hold-ups are the number one cause of bed-blocking in Scotland, which rose 9% this year.

Care providers will meet with social care students and other potential candidates next week.

More than half of social care professionals have never even negotiated on parts of a job offer, research shows.

Mea North, a solicitor in the Community Care team at Moore Blatch argues that Brexit should not be used as an excuse to put social care on the back-burner.

In a letter to Theresa May, the new coalition called for a funding settlement to tackle the social care crisis.

More than half of providers had been forced to close down some parts of their organisations or hand back contracts.

The move aims to address the stark difference in life expectancy between those with a learning disability and those without.

The innovation network will enable local authorities to test new ideas and share sector knowledge.