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On Wednesday we will have the first Budget since the country was hit by Covid-19. We will see what the Chancellor has to say about the future, and what possible shape the road to recovery might take. We hope that road includes a big signpost saying “Get Social Care Done”. The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has…

The acting chief executive of the Independent Care Group (ICG) has signed up to do her bit in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Bev Proctor has become a COVID-19 vaccine volunteer to help tackle the pandemic. Ms Proctor who will be providing the vaccine from a GP surgery in her hometown of York said:…

Mike Padgham, Chairman of the Independent Care Group (ICG) says the Government’s goal for 2021 should be to  ‘Get Social Care Done’. Read the full article https://www.carehomeprofessional.com/e-magazines/care-home-professional-january-2021/

No tears will be shed for 2020 and as we start the new year, we all pray for better times ahead. My hope for 2021 is that we finally get the proper reform of social care we have been promised for so long. Covid-19 exposed a sector in crisis and vulnerable to such a dreadful virus. The death toll in…

Prime minister Boris Johnson has been pressed to address social care reform this year and make it an urgent government priority now that Brexit has been sorted. Mike Padgham, chairman of the Independent Care Group, said 2021 must be the year social care reform happens, especially following the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Padgham said: “Now that…