Comment: Health Foundation states that funding won’t ‘fix’ social care or tackle NHS backlog
Anita Charlesworth, Health Foundation Director of Research and the REAL Centre The new social care…
Leonard Cheshire responds to Government plans to spend £36bn on health and social care reform
Disability charity Leonard Cheshire has stated that the UK Government's investment plan, announced yesterday, to…
NHS promised an extra £5.4bn to help tackle waiting lists and deliver patient treatments
The NHS will receive an extra £ billion over the next six months to support…
Queen’s Speech: Direct Healthcare Group joins calls for urgent investment into social care
The Queen's Speech yesterday attracted a strong response from mobility and access leaders, charities and…
Leonard Cheshire receives £3m boost to support disabled people develop new skills
Ruth Owen, Chief Executive of pan-disability charity Leonard Cheshire. Leading disability charity Leonard Cheshire…
Driving Mobility awarded £50k grant from Motability to get disabled people motoring
Motability has awarded Driving Mobility grant funding of £50,000 to pilot a new Driving Assessment…
Government announces £30m funding for more Changing Places toilets in England
More than 250,000 disabled people in the country will benefit from greater access to life-enhancing…
BRC welcomes extension of key business funding schemes announced in Budget 2021
Following Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget 2021 announcement, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has stated that…
Leonard Cheshire funding crisis prompts emergency Covid appeal
An emergency appeal has been launched by leading disability charity Leonard Cheshire after it revealed…
ADASS makes urgent call for more cash and new recruits to support social care sector
Social care needs an immediate cash injection and new recruits to support its exhausted workforce…