In December 2021 Digital Social Care announced there would be £150m of funding to drive digitisation across adult social care. Digital Social Care has announced they are making a total of £25 million available for Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) in…
Social care isn’t free in the UK; you are usually required to pay for at least some amount of your care. In this blog post, the Care Control team takes a look at how social care funding works in 2022,…
Grief affects people in many different ways. There is no single way that grief presents itself, but if you have recently experienced a loss as a carer, then it’s important that you get the bereavement support you need. In this post,…
How can you improve recruitment for care professionals? The demand for care professionals is at an all-time high. Those who run care organisations know all too well the difficulties faced with recruiting care workers. The demand for places within residential…
New training requirement for all staff who support people with a learning disability and autistic people From 1 July 2022, all health and social care providers registered with CQC must ensure that their staff receives training on learning disabilities…
Care workers, caterers, cleaners, nurses, occupational therapists, personal assistants, registered managers, social workers, and others all have a crucial role in ensuring that people’s needs are met. We may now be learning to live with COVID-19 but for care professionals,…
This year, the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) is hosting its 10th Healthy Eating Week, which will run from June 13th to June 17th. With this national event beginning imminently, the Care Control team has written a post that gives you everything you need-to-know about Healthy Eating Week, as well as how you can get involved.
Pride Month has been celebrated every June since 1970. The first pride march was held in New York City on June 28th, 1970. The march was organised by Brenda Howard, known as "The Mother of Pride". Brenda organised the march…
Care Control Systems - Everything You Need To Know About Carers Week 2022 Carers Week 2022 takes place from June 6th to June 12th. It is a time to recognise the immense contribution that unpaid carers have made to many…
A 21st-century health and social care crisis In 2019 it was recorded that 57 million people across the globe are living with dementia. A recent study suggests that 153 million people with suffering from the disease by 2050. Dementia is…
