THE legal battle over the fees paid by Pembrokeshire County Council to four local care homes has cost council taxpayers more than a quarter of a million pounds, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act. The figures,… read more »
A report by the Old People’s Commissioner in Wales, Ruth Marks, has hit out at the "shocking" care some elderly patients with dementia receive in Welsh hospitals. Ruth Marks said: "The treatment of too many older people in Wales is… read more »
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An initiative to increase clinical research capacity and build links with industry and other research funders has been launched by Wales’s National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR). The initiative has been established to create an all-Wales collaboration… read more »
Care Forum Wales today (March 1) celebrates its 18th birthday. Honorary chief executive of Care Forum Wales, Mario Kreft, said, "It’s happy birthday to St David and happy birthday to us. "We look forward to continuing to serve the independent… read more »
Three members have been re-appointed to the Care Council for Wales (CCW), the Deputy Minister for Social Services, Gwenda Thomas has announced. The Care Council for Wales is responsible for regulating the social care workforce, regulating training and discharging workforce… read more »
Mario Kreft, chief executive of Care Forum Wales, has welcomed the Welsh Assembly Government’s proposals which will see councils team up in future to deliver social care. Speaking to the Western Mail after the launch of the new framework, Sustainable… read more »
A new blueprint for looking after vulnerable people and children in Wales has been hailed as a victory for common sense. To download the guidance click here. The Welsh Assembly Government’s White Paper on social care will help to slash… read more »
Britain faces a “dementia catastrophe†unless Alzheimer’s is tackled with the same ‘aggression’ deployed in the fight against Aids, charities have warned today (Feb 9). A million people in Britain will suffer some form of dementia within two decades yet… read more »
The Welsh Assembly Government is calling for care providers to sign up for its free online ‘care needs projection system’. It wants providers to sign up for the web-based system (called ‘Daffodil’) by February 11, 2011 so that it can… read more »