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 »
WAG announces £9 million announced to provide care, support and dignity Assembly Finance Minister, Jane Hutt, has announced £9 million funding over the next three years to provide vulnerable people with care at home under the Gwent Frailty Programme. It… read more »
Planned cuts for poorest older people to equal ‘one third of income’ says Age UK The over-75s will be hit harder, relative to their incomes, than any other group as a result of the Government’s spending review on Wednesday (Oct… read more »
Hundreds of thousands of people with Alzheimer’s disease who have been denied medical treatment could soon be given access to life-changing drugs on the NHS, says the Alzheimer’s Society. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has ruled… read more »
Gwenda Thomas, deputy minister for social services, explains why the introduction of the integrated family support service is so important THE decision to place a child in the care system is a huge decision fraught with many difficulties, but the… read more »
A NEW vision to end the “postcode lottery†in social care is being called for by independent care workers in Blaenau Gwent. Click link for further information – http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/blaenau-gwent/2010/09/23/time-to-end-the-social-care-postcode-lottery-says-forum-91466-27312469/
INDEPENDENT care providers in North Wales have said they can help save the NHS in Wales around £20m a year – and beat the hospital bed blocking bug at the same time…..click link to read further details http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2010/10/04/north-wales-care-home-owners-say-they-can-save-nhs-20m-55578-27393942/.