Overseas care workers will be spared the government’s new 10-year wait for permanent settlement, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced, in a significant softening of the…
Read more...Care England, the Society of Radiographers and a cross-party group of MPs have called on ministers to abandon plans to lengthen the route to permanent settlement for migrants, warning the changes could echo the Windrush scandal and damage an already stretched workforce.
Read more...Social care leaders have warned that the Chancellor’s Budget offers “little” to ease the sector’s immediate pressures, despite welcome news on unpaid carers.
Read more...The number of people with a recorded dementia diagnosis in England has reached 523,081, according to the latest figures published by NHS England, as the…
Read more...The number of people formally diagnosed with dementia in England has reached a record 523,081, according to the latest figures, an increase of 10,615 from…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned that England’s social care market is undergoing rapid change, with no clear direction of travel, while persistent inequalities…
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Campaigners and representatives of 14 health and social care charities delivered a petition signed by 26,451 people calling for urgent reform to NHS continuing healthcare funding to the Department of Health and Social Care today.
Fourteen health and care charities are calling on the Government to launch a full, independent review of NHS continuing healthcare (CHC), warning that families facing…
Read more...The Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Baroness (Heather) Hallett, has today published her sixth report. She concludes that, in the early stages of the…
Read more...The UK Covid-19 Inquiry is due to publish its report examining the impact of the pandemic on adult social care Later today (Tuesday, October 20),…
Read more...Proposed immigration changes could cost the NHS at least £169 million and jeopardise the futures of 12,000 healthcare workers, NHS Employers and health unions warn…
Read more...Migrant workers must not be made scapegoats for politicians’ failure to invest in public services, UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan has told protesters at the…
Read more...Monday 28 September, saw leading figures from the world of sport take on a unique endurance challenge at the home of cricket in support of…
Read more...Prime Minister Andy Burnham has set out plans for a fundamental overhaul of adult social care in England, proposing a universal service which would be…
Read more...Members of Parliament have voted down proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, drawing to a close the most sustained parliamentary effort in…
Read more...Adult social care organisations and migrant health and care workers are warning that proposed changes to the UK’s settlement system could place further pressure on…
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