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North Devon Today: Devon County Council has been recommended to hire Newton Consulting to look at ways to save money on its adult social care budget.

The Carer: Providers Unite wins prestigious Legacy Award at Andor Awards just 11 months after its formation.

The Carer: Care sector leaders have reacted to the CQC’s stark State of Care report, warning that the regulator’s findings on chronic workforce shortages, funding pressures and system fragmentation merely scratch the surface of the existential crisis facing residential and nursing care homes.

Government Press Release: Government to launch a consultation in 2026 on Liberty Protection Safeguards to improve safeguarding for vulnerable people.

The Guardian: NHS bosses are seeking an emergency injection of £3bn to cover unexpected costs and have warned ministers that without it patients will wait longer for treatment and hospitals will start rationing care.

BBC News: CQC chief resigns over maternity failings.

The Carer: A new study has revealed how NHS waiting lists are pushing patients into risky choices – with some delaying or even avoiding care altogether, despite potential cancer symptoms.

The Guardian: The NHS and social care would cease to function under the government’s new rules to be imposed on foreign staff, nursing leaders have said, as hundreds of medics condemned the policy as “divisive and xenophobic”.

The Carer: New solutions to dramatically increase the number of patients receiving a timely formal diagnosis of dementia are to be rolled out by the end of the decade, Science Minister Lord Vallance has said.