PRESS RELEASE ISSUED TODAY IN RESPONSE TO ‘FROM VISION TO ACTION’ REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION. Independent providers in Wales have welcomed plans to end the “post code lottery†in social care. A wide-ranging report, From Vision to Action, says… read more »
Care Forum Wales joined the largest charity working for older people in Wales yesterday to give a cautious welcome to the Welsh Assembly’s draft budget outlined in the Senedd by Finance Minister Jane Hutt (on November 17, 2010). Ms Hutt… read more »
The Cardiff Domiciliary Care Provider Association has voiced its opposition to proposed changes by Cardiff Council with a video on YouTube. The Council plans to shake up domiciliary care in the city, cutting the number of independent firms it uses… read more »
A High Court judge has granted permission for a judicial review of how Pembrokeshire council sets the amount it pays in care home fees. A hearing in Cardiff heard that the weekly £390 it pays per resident is not enough… read more »
The owners of four care homes in Pembrokeshire are going to court in a bid to force the county council to increase the fees it pays them. They will tell the High Court in Cardiff they will have to close… read more »
The winners of the 2010 Wales Care Awards were announced at the annual Wales Care Awards event at Cardiff’s City Hall on October 29. More than 500 guests attended the evening event to see 49 nominees battle it out for… read more »
HSE is providing an opportunity to take part in a fully funded "joint" workshop for health and safety representatives and their managers. These worker involvement workshops focus on developing a more collaborative approach to the management of key health and… read more »
Care Forum Wales has welcomed a Welsh Assembly Government initiative to boost the status of staff working in the social care sector. In a letter to Care Forum Wales on October 20, the Assembly’s deputy minister for social services, Gwenda… read more »
The chief executive of Care Forum Wales, Mario Kreft, has given a cautious welcome to the Chancellor George Osbourne’s planned extra £2bn funding for social care services. Mr Kreft, the honourary chief executive of Care Forum Wales, said: “It’s early… read more »
Despite fears that social care would face deep cuts in today’s Comprehensive Spending Review plans (Oct 20), Chancellor George Osbourne has revealed that social care will receive a boost from an additional £2bn of funding. There will be a boost… read more »