Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
24/11/2022 - 08:32
The number of deaths in UK care homes has dropped below pre-Covid levels for the first time, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
17/05/2022 - 07:25
Fit for the Future - the District Role in Health Wellbeing shows that engagement of just over 1 million of the inactive population of England in a prescribed leisure services programme could, over a ten year period, provide a direct saving to the NHS of £314 million for the cost of treatment.
27/04/2022 - 09:29
MPs have said that the government was ‘complacent in preventing fraud’ in the 100 per cent taxpayer-guaranteed Bounceback Loan Scheme.
25/04/2022 - 09:13
A Nuffield Health survey has indicated that as many as one in three adults believe their mental health has deteriorated over the past year.
22/04/2022 - 09:28
MPs in Yorkshire, the Midlands and North East have been urged to vote against the government’s social care cap amendment.
21/04/2022 - 09:49
The government should commit to a strategy to remove all asbestos from public and commercial buildings within 40 years, say MPs.
13/04/2022 - 13:24
50 local authorities in some of the most deprived areas in England will receive enhanced funding to rebuild drug treatment services.
13/04/2022 - 12:38
The Public Accounts Committee has warned that 13 per cent of rented homes ‘pose a serious threat to the health and safety of renters’.
11/04/2022 - 10:05
Unpaid carers of all ages in Wales are set to benefit from a short breaks fund after a £9 million investment from the Welsh Government.
06/04/2022 - 14:10
New rules requiring calorie information to be displayed on menus and food labels has come into force to tackle obesity levels.
05/04/2022 - 09:32
People working in adult social care will benefit from at least £500 million to improve recruitment, retention, progression, and staff well-being.
31/03/2022 - 09:08
Home Secretary Priti Patel has launched a new Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan informed by victims and survivors.
28/03/2022 - 08:36
Adult social care organisations have called on the government to deliver a long-term care workforce strategy and tackle the issue of care worker pay.
25/03/2022 - 15:13
Five local authorities will implement a new and improved adult social care charging reform system which caps the cost of care.
25/03/2022 - 05:56
Local authorities will be supported by £1.36 billion from the Health and Social Care Levy to pay a fairer rate of care to adult social care providers.
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