The UK’s biggest care home provider, Four Seasons Health Care (England), has been ordered to pay £170,000 in fines and costs after a vulnerable resident choked to death on fish and chips during an entertainment evening at its premises in… read more »
The deputy minister for social services, Gwenda Thomas, has announced (March 17) a planned increase in the maximum fees people will be asked to pay for non-residential social care from April 2014. The maximum of £50 per week will rise… read more »
We’ve launched a new discount package for Care Forum Members which offers savings on everything from grocery shopping to glasses, travel to treats for members and their families plus discounts on car and home insurance and many other savings. The… read more »
To download a copy of the latest CFW members’ magazine, Fforum, from Care Forum Wales please click one of the links below: English eForum Welsh eForum
The way in which the performance of A&E and ambulance services are monitored and measured is to be overhauled, the Health Minister Mark Drakeford announced today (March 26). The new system of monitoring will begin in April. The move comes… read more »
As well as receiving a monthly round-up of news by email (CFW E-news), members also receive a quarterly newsletter in either printed form or readable as a PDF. You can read your PDF copy of the March edition by clicking… read more »
Gwenda Thomas, the Deputy Minister for Social Services, has said she is committed to reforming how social care services are paid for in Wales. In a statement issued today (March 20) the Minister said that she was progressing her plans… read more »
Assembly Members yesterday (March 18) voted to pass the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Bill which is aimed at transforming how people access and receive care and support in Wales. The landmark legislation – one of the largest and most… read more »
We have received reassurance from the Older People’s Commissioner, Sarah Rochira, about the scope of visits to care homes being carried out by her team under her review of care homes. She has provided detailed answers to our questions (below)… read more »
Both of CFW’s policy advisers, Mary Wimbury and Melanie Minty, are busy attending meetings on behalf of CFW members. Below is a list of meetings that they have recently attended. Please email Mary or Melanie direct if you’d like any… read more »