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New government funding available over the next three years with aim to give people who access social care more choice and control over decisions relating to their support.
From this month until 2027, the Scottish government will provide up to £9.2m through the Support in the Right Direction (SiRD) programme, enabling 33 third-sector organisations in Scotland to provide independent advice, advocacy, information and support to people using social care and their carers. The aim is to help such people live independently and to participate in all aspects of life.
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SocialCareToday
9h ago
New research from the Health Foundation has also found people living in the poorest areas of the country will be three times more likely to die by the age of 70.
The key to a thriving economy is having a healthy workforce, yet, new research from the Health Foundation, an independent UK-based charity committed to bringing about better health and care, has highlighted that by 2040, 70,000 workers in England will be living with a major illness. This equates to 3.7 million adults.
Authors of the study, which was released today, highlighted the statistic is up almost 25% from 2019 levels.
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9h ago
UK data regulator publishes free online guide to support those working in health and social care to ensure they abide by data protection law.
Those working in health and social care often handle sensitive information about the most intimate aspects of a person’s health. Sharing such information in confidence to trusted professionals is a vital part of assessment and treatment – but there are laws about how that information can then be used.
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Indeed, people have a legal right to know what is happening to their personal information: this ‘transparency’ is a key ..read more
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1d ago
As MPs gather to vote on Rishi Sunak’s plan to ban smoking for people born after 2009, here’s everything you need to know about the potential new legislation.
At the Conservative party conference, which took place in autumn last year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced his plans to ban selling tobacco products to anyone born after 1st January 2009. The move has since been hailed as ground-breaking as it could create the UK’s first smoke-free generation. If the bill is passed, ministers say smoking rates amongst individuals aged between 14-30 could be near zero by 2040.
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Experts from University College London (UCL) have discovered children are less likely to suffer badly with coronavirus because cells in their nose are better at fighting it off.
The study, which was published in Nature Microbiology yesterday, included scientists examining noses, as that is the first place Covid enters the body. Experts found that ageing adult nose cells contain 100 times more virus in the first few days after infection, which could explain why older people are worse hit by Covid and children are rarely very ill.
To conduct the research, which can be found in full here, resear ..read more
SocialCareToday
2d ago
Following research that suggests the majority of us will likely be unpaid carers by the time we hit 50, My Care Consultant has launched a new hub to provide social care advice.
Figures suggest that one in four of us will need care at some point in our lives and that one in two of us are likely to be unpaid carers by the time we turn 50. As a result of such statistics, My Care Consultant – an organisation set up to provide the best care advice possible – have launched ‘My Care Hub’, an independent ‘one-stop-shop’, for adult social care related advice.
Jacqueline Berry, founding director of My ..read more
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2d ago
Whitby Library in North Yorkshire pilots scheme to reduce pressure on local GPs by offering self-check blood service to locals
High blood pressure is a serious condition that, if left untreated, can lead to further major health problems such as heart and kidney failure, strokes and vascular dementia. Yet, according to the charity Age UK, about 16m people in the country – roughly one in three of all adults – is thought to have high blood pressure. That rate rises to 50% of all those over 65.
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2d ago
The idea of introducing tech into care is currently being considered by many. Martin Lowthian, from Access Health, states organisations need to act now as digitalisation could be the last opportunity to ease pressures on the sector.
The critical problems facing the care sector remain relatively constant year on year, with workforce challenges and budget constraints continuing to feature strongly in this year’s Pulse Check – an annual report by learning disability charity Hft and Care England. It’s a similar story in the CQC’s annual assessment of the state of health and adult social car ..read more
SocialCareToday
5d ago
Change in membership criteria for CHA requires residential childcare organisations to be ultimately owned in the UK, with all or majority of shareholders registered as UK taxpayers.
The Children’s Homes Association (CHA) is the membership body for children’s homes in England Wales. It comprises and represents residential childcare providers across the public, private and independent sectors. But, as of this week, it will no longer include ‘organisations with corporate structures involving tax havens’.
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Most children’s homes in England and Wales are small, sp ..read more
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5d ago
An addition 180,000 people a month will be able to refer themselves directly for services including hearing tests, podiatry and help with incontinence, without needing to see a GP.
The latest figures – from February 2024 – show that general practices across the country are managing record numbers of appointments: the 30m delivered is an increase of almost a quarter on figures for the same period in the years pre-Covid. This record demand, of course, puts considerable pressure on GP services and adds to waiting times for treatment.
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Now the government has anno ..read more