Dr. Charles Armitage co-founded Florence in 2016. After a challenging 2023 in care, he predicts turbulence ahead for leaders… We’re closing out another rocky year in the UK’s health and social care sector. After three years dominated by Covid, 2023 has been the start of the rebuild. So what will 2024 bring for health and …
Our Corporate Sponsor, Person Centred Software, a provider of integrated solutions covering the full spectrum of care management, including the UK’s most widely used Digital Social Care Record System, is hosting #GladtoCare Awareness Week! #GladtoCare Awareness Week is a great opportunity to give a shoutout to all the fantastic care staff who work tirelessly behind …
CWC Response to The Fabian Society Policy Report – Support Guaranteed: The roadmap to a National Care Service Karolina Gerlich CEO of CWC said: “We welcome this in-depth report looking at what the journey towards a National Care Service under Labour could look like. I was happy to hear at the launch that the workforce came …
We are outraged to see the update from DHSC today that it will invest only half of the £500 million promised in 2021 towards workforce development and reform, just £250 million over the next two years which takes money away from care workers. The workforce will not be fooled by this cut and reshuffle of …
We were looking for two things from the Spring Budget on Wednesday – support for social care to address the workforce crisis and a plan to fix the childcare affordability crisis. The Chancellor managed to answer the strong calls from charities like Women’s Budget Group and Pregnant Then Screwed to address the gaps in childcare …
CWC response to the Autumn Statement: Disappointing budget gives little hope to care workers ahead of an extremely tough winter We join others across the care sector in sharing our disappointment that funding announced for adult social care in the Autumn Statement is focused on freeing up NHS beds rather than desperately needed reform. The …
The Health and Social Care Secretary’s statement on his key priorities this winter pays little attention to the challenges facing social care. It is incredibly disappointing to see that today’s announcement from Steve Barclay, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who shared his key priorities as we head into winter, is focused on …
The Care Workers’ Charity Responds to CQC State of Care Report. The Care Workers’ Charity welcomes the considerations and suggestions of the Care Quality Commission’s ‘State of Care’ report released earlier today. The report highlights several of the devastating challenges faced by the sector and its workforce over the past year, and those that will …