Rishi Sunak Expected to Delay Social Care Costs Cap’ in Autumn Statement
The government will delay the introduction of the cap on care costs for two years, in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement next week, according to…
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Healthcare
Social Care Under-Funding Blamed for Ambulance Queue
A chronic lack of funding for social care is a major reason why a queue of up to 14 ambulances was seen outside Scarborough Hospital…
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Parkinson’s UK’s new portrait mural in Leeds, launched to promote the charity’s new Can’t Wait campaign.
People with Parkinson’s Waiting Years for Care Due to NHS Workforce Crisis
People with Parkinson’s are waiting YEARS for care due to the NHS workforce crisis – and a lack of essential data is hiding the true…
Read more...Severe Nursing Workforce Shortages Warns RCN
A new report by the RCN shows how failure by successive UK governments to tackle the nursing workforce crisis in England has created “the greatest risk to…
Read more...50,000 New Homes for Older People Needed Each Year to Tackle Housing and Care Crises
The Government must build 50,000 new homes for older people each year to tackle the UK’s housing and social care crisis – one in four…
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Concerns Raised About Changes to Registration Requirements for Internationally Trained Healthcare Staff?
The House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee raised this concern in its 15th Report after considering the Draft Dentists, Dental Care Professionals, Nurses, Nursing…
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Govt Carer Recruitment Drive is Welcome…
…but no substitute for proper reform says sector A Government recruitment drive for adult social care is welcome but is merely an attempt to patch…
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Newcross Healthcare Launches Voices of Care Podcast
Newcross Healthcare are bringing together wisdom and insight for a new podcast series on the challenges and solutions that could lie ahead for the sector….
Read more...Care England Urges “ Save Our Sector”
Care England has this week written to the newly appointed Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, calling for the Conservative manifesto promise to…
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87% of Healthcare and Care Sector Organisations Struggling with Staff Shortages Amid Changing Regulation
According to a recent WorkNest poll, an alarming 87% of care and healthcare providers admitted that their organisations are currently struggling with staff shortages, and…
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Further Raids on the NHS Budget “Will Plunge it into its Deepest Crisis in Decades”
Patient services, safety and the NHS’s ability to drive down waiting lists are now at real and present risk if the government does not abandon…
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Care Provider Welcomes International Recruits to Strengthen Their Workforce
Care provider Hales Group has welcomed the first group of international recruits to the region to strengthen its workforce, with five senior carers from Sri…
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Pandemic’s Devastating Impact on Mental Health of Health and Care Workers
A new report by the Qatar Foundation, World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) finds that at least…
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New Figures Show 70,800 UK Adults Are Affected by Young Onset Dementia
New figures show a ‘hidden population’ of 70,800 people in the UK who are currently living with young onset dementia — a rise of 28,800…
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NHS Staff Help Patients Pay Tribute to the Queen
Hundreds of thousands of NHS staff working over the Bank Holiday are helping patients mark Queen Elizabeth II funeral in hospitals across England. Patients using…
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