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A Birmingham nursing home has been recognised nationally for its outstanding end of life care after winning the Palliative Residential Care Provider Award 2026 at the Palliative Care Awards.
Robert Harvey House in Handsworth Wood is part of Birmingham charity BCOP (Broadening Choices for Older People). The home received the award in recognition of its compassionate, person-centred approach to caring for older people in the final stages of...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today published a report titled Local Authority Assessments 2023–2026: Emerging Themes and Findings drawing together findings from the first-ever national programme of assessments of local authorities in England...

A new CAA report proposes pooling the financial risk of an ageing population nationally, rather than leaving it with 153 individual councils.
The core of the model: ring-fenced national funding shared on a needs-based formula, a national tariff for care, and an independent body to keep it honest....

If Andy Burnham becomes the new Prime Minister, councils across the country will hope his public commitment to reforming adult social care comes to fruition, helping them to deal with the highest levels of social care need and cost they have faced.
The number of people approaching their council for adult social care support has increased again and council care costs have gone up for the fourth consecutive year, leading to an overspend of £715million, according to the latest annual survey from the...