Care providers challenged to stop bidding for low-fee tenders
Care providers should cease bidding for council contracts at prices they feel are too low to deliver the specified service, incoming Association of Directors of Adult Social Services president Sarah Pickup has said.
20 April 2012
Ex-CQC inspector arrested over alleged provider bribery
A former Care Quality Commission inspector was arrested today on suspicion of pressurising care providers to pay for favourable inspection reports.
26 April 2012
CQC: Care homes failing to train staff in deprivation of liberty
Many care homes have failed to provide staff with appropriate deprivation of liberty safeguards training, leading to poor practice and human rights breaches, the Care Quality Commission warned today. (Image: Rex)
27 March 2012
Social care staff consider strike over pay cut plan
Social care staff at a charity that supports adults with learning difficulties in Lancashire are considering strike action after being told they could face pay cuts.
06 March 2012
Boost status of care staff and managers, says dignity inquiry
The status of care home managers and staff must be boosted to improve dignity for older people, an inquiry into the issue has concluded. (Image: Alamy)
29 February 2012
PCTs facing more appeals against continuing care decisions
The NHS faced more appeals against decisions to deny people continuing healthcare funding last year and a greater proportion were successful, Community Care research shows. (Picture: Rex, posed by model)
15 October 2011
Nursing homes are least compliant with CQC standards
Nursing homes are less compliant with Care Quality Commission standards overall than other social care services, according to early findings from inspections under the new regulatory system introduced last year.
16 September 2011
Boom in personal assistants drives adult sector growth
A boom in the number of personal assistants swelled the size of the adult social care workforce by 7% in a single year, figures have revealed today.
02 September 2011
