News All Categories ActivitiesAwards and RecognitionsBlogsCare adviceCare of ConditionsCarersCase StudyCompanionshipCompany NewsComplex Care Case StudiesCustom Case StudiesDementiaDietElderly careEventsExerciseFinancesFranchiseFranchise territoriesHealthHealth & Physical FitnessHolidayHome careHome Care Case StudiesHome Care OptionsLegalMental HealthMobilityNewsNursing carePress ReleasesSafetySecurityTestimonials/ReviewsUncategorisedWellbeingWorking in Care Posted 18/11/2019 Prestige Nursing & Care 2019 carer of the year Meet our Carer of the Year 2019, Connor Swainston-Hunt from our Leicester branch. Connor won Carer of the Year 2019, for his outstanding service Read more Posted 29/05/2019 Prestige Nursing & Care to speak at Residential and Home Care Show Prestige Nursing & Care, one of the UK’s most established private nursing care and support care agencies, is to host two sessions at the upcoming Residential and Home Read more Posted 07/03/2019 Prestige Nursing & Care awarded CQC Outstanding rating Prestige Nursing & Care, one of the UK’s most established private nursing care and support care agencies, has received an overall ‘Outstanding’ Care Quality Commission (CQC) Read more Posted 22/02/2017 The deepening crisis in social care While we are now all too familiar with the perilous state of the social care system, the latest report from Age UK makes for sobering reading. It estimates that as many as 1.2 million people aged 65 or above –Read More Read more Posted 25/10/2016 Homecare: do Councils pay enough? A report from UK Homecare Association (UKHCA) published today raises the issue of local councils paying homecare providers less and less, putting the whole sector under enormous financial strain and limiting its ability to deliver high quality care to vulnerable adults.Read More Read more Posted 05/09/2016 A new tax? Headlines were made last week by calls from Dr Dan Poulter – a former health minister – for an additional tax to fund health and social care in order to save it from collapse. Poulter’s experiences make him an astute judge ofRead More Read more Posted 10/05/2016 A sector under pressure In April, one of Britain’s biggest residential care providers, Four Seasons Care, reported an annual loss of £264 million – putting even more pressure on a company £500 million in the red. The collapse of Four Seasons would have severe fallout forRead More Read more Posted 26/02/2016 The unfair demonisation of agency staff Research from The King’s Fund revealed that one in five hospital finance chiefs believe the incoming cap on agency staff will damage the quality of care provision. According to the directors, the cap could directly affect their ability to keep enough nursesRead More Read more Posted 21/01/2016 Bed-blocking rears its head again Reports in the Daily Telegraph suggest NHS bosses believe elderly patients are refusing to give up their hospital beds, for fear of the financial repercussions of going into a care home. This paints a very disturbing picture of the state of theRead More Read more Posted 14/01/2016 NHS blunders and the provision of social care This week, the Times published a damning report highlighting the acute waste associated with this government’s ‘streamlining’ of the NHS, as more than £90m was spent on redundancy to staff who were then immediately rehired. This does not come at a goodRead More Read more ‹ 1 2 3 4 5 ›