Tag: UKHCA
Local authorities to take account of actual cost of care
Homecare reps welcome Joint Committee’s call for local authorities to take account of actual cost of care. The United Kingdom Homecare Association, the professional association for homecare providers, today welcomed the report by the Joint Committee of the House of Lords and House of Commons on the Draft Care and Support Bill. The Association particularly [...]
Expansion into new territory & new staff for homecare provider DoCare
Gloucestershire homecare provider DoCare is expanding into new territory following its success in gaining a contract from Bristol City Council.The contract, to provide support for clients referred by the council’s Social Services, was awarded recently and gets underway this month. It means that DoCare – which currently employs around 100 people – will recruit [...]
Quality Personalised Care should be delivered to those who need it
National Care Association welcomes the release of UKHCA’s Report “Care is not a Commodity”. National Care Association in welcoming the report which it believes serves to reinforce that people being cared for in their own homes supported by local authorities are being poorly served. National Care Association Chairman Nadra Ahmed said today: “We know that [...]
Short homecare visits do not deliver adequate care and fail our vulnerable and elderly
Over a third (34%) of the UK’s homecare providers responding to a national survey, have raised the alarm over risks to the dignity or safety of the care that local councils require them to undertake for older and disabled people. The findings come in a report, “Care is not a Commodity”, published today, by [...]
Any improvements to care inspections are positive, but the question remains, is it enough?
Changes to Home Care Inspections The Guardian recently ran an article where Philip King of the CQC explained the new programme of inspections due to be rolled out for home care across the UK. He illustrated the practical difficulties of inspecting home care, including the fact that the carer may well be providing care of [...]
UKHCA Welcomes National Challenge On Dementia
The leading body representing homecare providers in the UK today welcomed David Cameron’s call for an “all-out fight back against dementia” and announcement that overall funding for research will double by 2015. In order to meet the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, the United Kingdom Homecare Association believe that social care must be adequately funded so [...]
Martin Green Comments On Care Alliance Vision For Care
Martin Green, Chair, Care Providers Alliance, says: “Care providers are committed to ensuring quality care for service users. A cornerstone of this has to be proportionate and effective regulation. The Care Providers Alliance stands ready to work with CQC to deliver a regulatory regime that will support providers to build on [...]
Care Providers Alliance Launches A Vision For Regulation
The regulation of care and support: a Care Provider Alliance vision Background to the Care Providers Alliance The Care Providers Alliance (CPA) is a group of representative bodies within the adult social care sector who have come together to ensure a coordinated response to the major issues that affect the sector. The [...]
A Positive Outlook From AJ Social Care
With recent announcements causing negative media attention and calls for reform throughout the social care industry, local care provider, AJ Social Care, has called for a more positive outlook to drive change and give greater support to a more progressive social agenda. Jo Guy, Managing Director of AJ Social [...]
CQC Excellence Award On Hold
At the National Care Association’s Annual Conference the Care Quality Commission chair Dame Jo Williams said that she saw no prospect of the Excellence Award scheme going ahead after it had received a ‘universal thumbs down’ by provider bodies and organisations such as the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services during [...]
UKHCA Comments On CQC’s Excellence Award.
Following Dame Jo Williams speech at the National Care Association Annual Conference this week where she confirmed that the CQC’s suggested ‘Excellence Award’ would probably not go ahead given the response from various other leading organisations such as the NCA, UKHCA, Adult Social Services and other relevant bodies; the UKHCA responded: [...]
AJ GROUP PLANS EXPANSION WITH TEN NEW ROLES
AJ Group the provider of care, training and recruitment for the social care market, has announced its plans to expand the team with the addition of no fewer than ten new roles, which are available at its head office in Leeds. The business has seen an increase in turnover of 10% with recent account [...]
UKHCA Members Registered with AccessNI Take Note.
UKHCA members who are registered directly with AccessNI to carry out disclosures should note that AccessNI is moving to new premises on 15th August 2011. The postal address remains the same for those currently using the PO Box address. Those using the Knock Road address should stop using this address [...]
Our First Trip To The Care Show
Pictured Consultant Carrie Lewis On the 22nd – 23rd June 2011 Anna and I attended the Care Show Birmingham. With it being our first time at the Care Show we weren’t sure what to expect. We attended many of the walk in seminars with our note pads at the ready and [...]
Lucianne Sawyer CBE Presents Prizes AT Annual Award Ceremony
The UK’s leading care expert Lucianne Sawyer CBE was guest of honour at a Gloucestershire care company’s first annual awards ceremony. DoCare, based in Stroud, asked Lucianne to present the awards at the event, which saw carer Andrea Baird named DoCare’s Support Worker of the Year. Lucianne, who is president and a founder of [...]
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