The Latest Breaking News from Care England

Energy firms accused of profiteering with ‘horrendous rates’ for care homes

Exclusive: Care England calls for Ofgem investigation into suppliers’ practices in letter seen by the Guardian

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2022

Care sector calls for £5 an hour pay rise to close widening recruitment gap

Care England warns that a multitude of factors will prevent workers from joining the care industry

Wales Online · Nov 15, 2022

Boss faces closing down care home as gas bill increases by 1,000 per cent

Joyce Pinfield, who runs Greenacres in Crowle, Scunthorpe, says she does not know how she will afford increased electricity and gas costs

Wales Online · Sep 7, 2022

Libraries and museums to be ‘warm havens’ for people struggling with energy bills

Libraries and museums are asking ministers for funding to cope with a rise in the number of visitors seeking shelter

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2022

Boris Johnson’s defence on Covid risk to care homes hit by new revelation

Prime minister had broached issue of asymptomatic transmission publicly with advisers long before testing rules were introduced

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2022

‘Perfect storm’ of Covid and staff shortages leaves care homes unable to take hospital discharges

Hospitals ‘emptying’ themselves ahead of bank holiday will struggle as chronic staff shortages for care home closures

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2022

Campaigners calling for carers' Real Living Wage take fight to Westminster

The grassroots organisation Citizens UK leads a rally in Parliament Square immediately after Boris Johnson takes Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons

Daily Mirror · Mar 29, 2022

Mandatory Covid jabs likely to cost care sector 100,000 staff

Care England says at least 20,000 have gone from residential care since vaccination became compulsory for them in November last year

Daily Mirror · Jan 29, 2022