Care England Daily Press Round-Up
Your Waste Excellence Roadmap: Why Every Care Provider Should Act Now
Waste may not feel like the most urgent issue in a busy care environment but it is rapidly becoming one of the highest impact, lowest effort opportunities for providers to reduce costs, strengthen sustainability credentials, and improve the experience of residents, families and staff and with many contracts renewing in April, the timing could not be more important.
Experts Urge Social Care Providers to Strengthen Cyber Security Practices
Adult social care providers continue to face significant cyber security threats, according to a recent article published by Digital Care Hub. The piece highlights insights shared during the first webinar in the Cyber in Care series, delivered in partnership with the Cyber Centre of Excellence and Care England.
Government and Stakeholder Updates
Do supermarket openings reduce care home staffing?
The adult social care sector in England faces long-standing and well-documented workforce challenges.
LB Hounslow pilots new scheme to integrate health and social care for highest priority patients
‘Biggest step’ Hounslow has taken towards integration of NHS and social care services
Hounslow Council is piloting a new scheme to help people with multiple health needs to live well at home for longer and stay out of hospital by offering better coordination between health and social care services.
Jess McGregor & Matthew Taylor: Seven steps to deliver on integration
The only way to deliver better care is for the NHS and local authorities to work together more closely, not waste time arguing over responsibilities, write the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and the chief executive of the NHS Confederation.
Flexible working and sick pay: What the new Employment Rights Bill means for you
The flagship legislation has finally become law. Here's a rundown of the key measures. The bill contains a raft of measures "to make work pay". It promised to deliver a new deal for working people, with basic individual rights covering...