The UK Government has announced a temporary halt to demands for backpay for sleep-in shifts following pressure from the care sector and warnings payments could force providers out of business. On July 26 it said it would “temporarily suspend enforcement… read more »
Poet Gwion Hallam used his experience of working with people who suffer from dementia to pen a special poem – and won a crown at the National Eisteddfod in Bodedern, Anglesey. Gwion, who is a TV producer and has written… read more »
The Supreme Court has today (August 2) ruled in favour of Welsh local authorities in the long-running legal dispute between councils and health boards over who pays for Funded Nursing Care in residential homes. The NHS pays for people who… read more »
Phase 2 implementation of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 – Workforce aspects – covers the requirement for providers of domiciliary services to distinguish between travel time and care time and to provide domiciliary care staff with an… read more »
The consultation on regulations under the Inspection & Regulation Act (RISCA) which will replace National Minimum Standards ended on July 25. Another consulation, on the workforce aspects of RISCA implementation phase 2, ends on August 7. Responses to the consulation… read more »
FALLS among older people is one of the major issues facing the NHS today across the UK with falls being the leading cause of accidental death and disability in older people in England and in Wales. An estimated 230,000-460,000 people… read more »
Social Care Wales is looking for real-life stories about the positive ways in which the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 has helped people. Rebecca Cicero, sector engagement officer at SCW, says: “We’d like to work with the sector to identify… read more »
Two consultations on draft regulations and statutory guidance under phase 2 of implementing the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 are due to close soon. The service consultation closes on Tuesday 25 July (see below) The… read more »
A review into health and social care in Wales has called for a bold vision for the health and care system and says that change in the sector is essential. The Parliamentary Review interim report on health and social care… read more »
Did you know that if two or more union-appointed health and safety representatives request in writing that you set up a health and safety committee, you must do so within three months of the request? Although there is no such… read more »