The government must immediately repeal ‘no jab, no job’ laws for care home staff in England to avert a staffing crisis that threatens to overwhelm the sector, UNISON have said.
Read more...The rights of vaccine clinical trial volunteers must be safeguarded to help protect everyone against future health crises, Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid will tell G20 health leaders
Read more...Health charities, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the British Geriatrics Society have joined together to issue an open letter, urging the Government
Read more...People’s voices and lived experiences will continue to be at the centre of health policy development and work to level up the UK, as the government welcomes new members to the voluntary
Read more...The health and social care division of The Access Group (“Access”), has announced the acquisition of Servelec.
The acquisition will enable Access to offer integrated solutions and services across local government, health and social care, combining Access
Read more...Commenting on the latest NHS Digital vacancy data, Danny Mortimer, deputy chief executive of the NHS Confederation and chief executive of NHS Employers, said: “These figures paint a bleak picture
Read more...Age Concern has launched its new ‘Save Free Prescriptions’ campaign in response to a new consultation that was pushed out by the Government last month.
Read more...Nadra Ahmed OBE, Chief Executive of the National Care Association, is urging all National Care Association members to feed into the parliamentary inquiry led by Liz Twist MP
Read more...The British Geriatrics Society have launched Right time, right place: Urgent community-based care for older people. This new publication aims to help health professionals to navigate the options
Read more...Thousands of adults a day will be given free access to antibody tests through a new national surveillance programme launched by the UK Health Security Agency next week
Read more...New research from Keele University has highlighted the key challenges that workers in the social care sector faced during the first wave of Covid-19.
Read more...The latest figures on applications to legally deprive a person of their liberty, where that person lacks the mental capacity to consent to their care or treatment, have been published by NHS Digital today.
Read more...International bodies are being advised of the research priorities which have been identified to address the long-term effects of COVID-19 in airways diseases, such as in Cystic Fibrosis
Read more...A drive to expand the use of digital technology in social care is expected to lead to £127m worth of benefits.
Analysis of NHS Digital’s Social Care Programme found that new ways of working will reduce hospital admissions
Read more...From Monday 16 August, people who are double jabbed or aged under 18 will no longer be legally required to self-isolate if they are identified as a close contact of a positive COVID-19 case
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