Care Home News
Welsh care workers to receive £500 bonus, with calls for English government to follow suit
04 May 2020
Campaigners in England are calling on the government to match a £500 bonus the Welsh government is giving to all care staff who provide personal care. The first minister has announced around 64,000 care workers.....
Coronavirus: You Are The Champions - Queen dedicate lockdown version to world frontline workers
01 May 2020
Linking up virtually between the UK and Los Angeles Brian May, Roger Taylor and Adam Lambert have recorded a new version of the Queen’s classic, We Are The Champions. Proceeds raised from the track will.....
Care homes: NHS Funded Nursing Care gets 11 per cent rate rise
01 May 2020
The government has increased the Funded Nursing Care rate in care homes by 11 per cent, upping the rate for 2019 to 2020 by nine per cent and also increasing the rate in 2020 to 2021 by another two per cent. NHS.....
Home care leaders welcome no VAT on PPE until 31 July
01 May 2020
The Treasury has temporarily scrapped VAT on the sale of essential personal protective equipment (PPE) for all during the coronavirus crisis. From 1 May, PPE purchased by home care providers, care homes,.....