New dates announced for Care Forum Wales Nurses Forum 13th June 2012 – All Nations, Cardiff 4th July 2012 – Conwy Business Centre, Conwy For further details contact sue@careforumwales.co.uk or call 01978755400.

Wales’ first residential childcare conference since the Waterhouse Report more than a decade ago was held on April 26 in Cardiff – and the event was hailed such a success it could become an annual event. Steve Elliott, of Prospects… read more »

The deadline for nominations for the Wales Care Awards 2012 has now been extended to Monday May 21, 2012 – giving an extra three weeks for you to nominate your unsung care sector heroes! The awards are an annual event… read more »

TODAY sees the first national conference on residential child care to be held in Wales for more than 10 years. The conference, being held in Cardiff, was organised by Care Forum Wales in partnership with the Care Council for Wales,… read more »

Plans for the first body to represent staff in the social care sector were announced today (Friday, April 20) by Care Forum Wales. Speaking at a conference at Wrexham’s Glyndwr University, Welsh Government Health and Social Services Minister, Lesley Griffiths… read more »

The launch of the first all-Wales’ training and support organisation for workers in the social care sector is set to go ahead. The organisation is being launched in response to demand from social care staff for their own representative body. It… read more »

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Charity Macmillan Cancer Support has today (March 26) warned that cancer mortality rates in older people are failing to match improvements in mortality rates for younger patients. More than half of all people who’ve been newly diagnosed with cancer are… read more »

Care home managers who employ staff earing the national minimum wage will be affected by an increase in pay rates from October this year it has been announced today (March 20, 2012). The Government announced that the national minimum wage… read more »

Independent care providers in Wales have warned a historic opportunity to reform social care could be squandered unless councils are prepared to work in partnership with them. Care Forum Wales, which represents more than 500 members, believes the new legislation… read more »