RCN Calls for End to ‘Grotesque’ Exploitation of Migrant Nursing Staff
An RCN report has exposed how some employers are exploiting migrant nursing staff in social care by taking advantage of their vulnerable visa status. It…
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UKHSA Report Shows 2,877 Excess Deaths Caused by May and June Heatwaves
Rapid early assessment by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) estimates there were 2,877 heat-associated deaths during 2 notable periods of hot weather in May…
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PM Pledges to End “Decades of Political Drift” on Social Care
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to fix England’s broken social care system, announcing an accelerated timetable for the National Care Service commission and a new cross-party push…
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Social Care- Time for Problem-Solving, Not Point-Scoring says Burnham
Visiting a care home today [Wednesday 29th July], the Prime Minister will say he is making the choice to fix the broken social care system by finding common ground across party lines to tackle the big issues.
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Open Letter Calls on Prime Minister to Tackle Health Inequalities for People with Learning Disabilities
Members of Learning Disability England (LDE) have delivered an open letter to 10 Downing Street calling on the Prime Minister to make improving the health…
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Care England Rates the Last government “Requires Improvement” on Social Care
Care England has today published Two Years of Promises, a scorecard grading the government’s delivery against every commitment in Labour’s 2024 manifesto that bears on…
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ADI Launches the Alzheimer’s Disease Atlas
Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has launched the Alzheimer’s Disease Atlas (AD Atlas), a first of its kind platform highlighting how countries diagnose, treat and support…
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PM Warns of NHS “Collapse” Without Social Care Overhaul, but Stops Short of Setting a Timetable
New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has warned that the NHS could ultimately “collapse” unless adult social care in England is fundamentally reformed, while declining to…
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New Union Access Rules Could Add Hundreds of Millions of Pounds A Year to the Cost of Homecare, Providers Warn
The Homecare Association has written to the Minister for Employment Rights warning that a late change to the Government’s new Code of Practice on trade union access to workplaces could add hundreds of millions of pounds a year to the cost of delivering homecare in England – with no funding to pay for it.
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Caring for Family Pushes More Women Out of Work in London Than Anywhere Else in Britain
As Baroness Casey prepares to publish the first report of her Independent Commission on Adult Social Care, new analysis from the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC) shows…
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Care About Care Launches New Campaign Tools to Hold New Prime Minister To Account
The Care About Care campaign, run by the grassroots coalition Providers Unite, has launched two new campaign tools today to help maintain political pressure on new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to honour his promises to reform social care.
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Millions of Unpaid Carers to Get Recognition and Earlier Support
Millions of unpaid carers in England will be better recognised, referred to support and helped to reach their full potential, under a new cross-government action plan published earlier this month.
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Adult Social Care “Must be Priority” for New Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Yvette Cooper has replaced James Murray as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. The new health secretary was previously foreign secretary and…
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New WHO Guidelines: Up to 45% of Dementia Risk Could be Prevented or Delayed
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated guidelines on reducing the risk of cognitive decline and dementia, providing countries with evidence-based recommendations to help prevent…
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“Social Care Needs Funding, Not Fixing” as Burnham Urged to Act on Reform
The National Care Association (NCA) has renewed its call for urgent, funded reform of adult social care, warning that repeated commitments from politicians – including new Prime Minister Andy Burnham – will count for little unless backed by genuine investment.
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