#GladtoCare Awareness Week with Person Centred Software

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

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 …

The CWC responds to DHSC update

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 …

Care Worker Questions with CarePlanner

Just before Christmas we teamed up with CarePlanner to ask care workers across the uk some important questions. First and most importantly... "why did you choose to work in care?" There are so many conversations about social care recruitment and retention but very little comes from those on the front line. As advocates for care workers ...

#ShareWhyYouCare – Supporting Care Hires

Workers in the Care industry are some of the unsung heroes of the modern healthcare world, so Care Hires want to invite you to #ShareWhyYouCare on your favourite social media channels! We want to show the world what an important, fulfilling and compassionate career the Care industry can provide, so use the hashtag #ShareWhyYouCare and share your stories! ...

CWC responds to the CQC State of Care Report

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 …

Felgains

How mechanisation can ease the workload on caregivers Like many other countries around the world, the UK is home to an increasing percentage of older people. In 2019, around 20% of the UK population was made up of over 65s. This figure is rising, and by 2030, it’s expected that 25% (in other words, one …