Supporting Employees With Mental Health Issues
By Helen Badger, partner at Browne Jacobson (www.brownejacobson.com) and specialist in employment law within the social care sector Recent research by the Care Quality Commission…
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Professional Comment
How Carers Care
By Lewine Mair, author of ‘Tapping Feet: A Double-take on Care Homes and Dementia’. In last week’s editorial in The Carer, Peter Adams mentioned that…
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How Social Care Workers Can Support Those Who Are Grieving
By Lianna Champ who has over 40 years’ experience as a grief and funeral care specialist and is author of practical guide, How to Grieve…
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Critical Care: Recruiting International Workers in the UK Adult Care Sector
Angela Barnes, Head of Business Immigration at Napthens (www.napthens.co.uk), explains the key steps to take when hiring care home staff from abroad. With almost 165,000…
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Making the Most of the International Recruitment Fund
By Tijen Ahmet, business immigration expert at law firm, Shakespeare Martineau (www.shma.co.uk) Care providers need to act quickly to secure their share of the £50…
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Why Workforce Health Should Be at the Centre of Social Care
This month, reports that the government are set to halve the £500 million they pledged to invest in the social care workforce came as a…
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Social Care Fund for Hospital Discharges
By Ben Troke, Partner at Hill Dickinson (www.hilldickinson.com) Introduction In January 2023, the government announced an additional £200 million fund to speed up hospital discharge,…
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How Healthcare Workers Can Raise Concerns Without Fear of Reprisal
By Nicholas Hayes and Andrew Pepper-Parsons at Protect Whistleblowing charity (www.protect-advice.org.uk) The NHS is currently facing unprecedented pressure because of staffing shortages and funding cuts….
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NHS to Social Care – A Nurses Story
By Charlotte Baseley Charlotte Baseley knew at just 4 years old that she wanted to be a nurse. She became intrigued by a visit to…
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Palliative Care and Severe Mental Illness: The Importance of Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration
By Hannah Cadogan, Lecturer in Nursing (Lived Experience), University of Roehampton London (www.roehampton.ac.uk) Adults with a severe mental illness (SMI) such as schizophrenia, bipolar or…
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The Powerful Transition: Adult Social Care Must Prioritise Menopause Support
Helen Normoyle is the co-founder of specialist online health service My Menopause Centre. (www.mymenopausecentre.com) Finally, menopause awareness in the workplace is making headway in the…
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The Covid-19 Inquiry – How Might You Get Involved?
By Nick Wrightson, Partner in the Public Law team at Kingsley Napley LLP (www.kingsleynapley.co.uk) The UK-wide public inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic…
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Courageous Leadership Starts with Being More Human
By Lynda Holt, Honorary Professor of Social Leadership and CEO of Health Service 360 (www.lyndaholt.co.uk) When you’re leading in tough times, as most of the…
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The Mental Health Pandemic in Carers
Article supplied by A1 Care (www.a1care.co.uk) The mental health awareness campaigns, days and initiatives don’t seem to help many depressed, stressed and burnt-out carers. Currently,…
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Abicare Chair Responds to Prime Minister’s Speech
It was good to see Rishi Sunak has pledged to reduce NHS waiting lists and ensure people get the care they need more quickly. It…
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