CQC report: the state of care in the shadow of Covid-19

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its annual State of Care report, which this year reveals and compares the quality of health and social care in England both before and after the Covid-19 pandemic took hold. The major report shows that, in the period before the full impact of Covid-19 was felt, care...

New scheme launched for care home visits

A new scheme to enable people to safely visit their loved ones in care homes is to be trialled in England. The pilot scheme will allow a family member or friend to regularly visit a care home resident providing they follow the same rules laid out for staff regarding weekly testing and wearing PPE....

CQC report reflects on infection control during Covid-19

In the latest in their series of Covid-19 Insight reports, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is focusing on infection prevention and control across health and care settings. England’s care watchdog has been publishing Insight reports in a bid to keep people working and living within health and social care settings safe and supported throughout...

Adult social care workforce grows by 9%, new report shows

A new report from Skills for Care has shown that the number of adult social care jobs in England has increased by 9% since 2013. The annual ‘Size and structure of the adult social care workforce in England’ report found that there were 130,000 (or 9%) more jobs in the sector in the year...