Priory Adult Care has blamed “structural underfunding” for the closure of a Lancashire care home.
Funding
Local authorities were granted access to an extra £1bn funding for social care in today’s Spending Review.
ADASS President James Bullion has called on the government to use its upcoming Spending Review to underline its commitment to adult social care.
Leading alternative lender, ThinCats, has provided a £3.3m refinancing package to Manchester-based care home operator, We Care Group.
A coalition of five former health ministers has called on the government to raise care workers’ wages.
Barnsley Independent Care Home Association (BICHA) has hit out at claims that it withheld a wage rise for its workers.
The Health and Social Care Committee has called for a £7bn annual increase in social care funding in the Government’s spending review to avoid the risk of market collapse.
Leading care home operator Care UK has agree to refund more than £1m to NHS funded residents following action by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
A panel of care leaders has given its verdict on funding support from local authorities during the COVID-19 crisis.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to “fix the injustice of care home funding”.
