Healthcare Job Applications Dip as Unrest in the Sector Grows
Data reveals applications and salaries down in 2022 The number of professionals applying for jobs in the healthcare sector fell consistently in November and December…
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Social Care
Report Raises Concern Over Care Worker Pay & Safety
A new report has highlighted concern over pay and safety within the adult social care sector. The report reveals that social care workers have higher…
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Home Care Hit Hardest by Cost-of-Living Crisis, says Boss of Care company
The rising cost of fuel and the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented crisis in home care, says the boss of one…
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Local Government Workforce Shortages Adding to Service Pressures
A local government workforce crisis is threatening vital local services – particularly relied on by those who urgently need support – with more than 9…
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Halifax MP Praises Social Care Service
A HALIFAX social care service welcomed a visit from its local MP last week who wanted to learn more about the services on offer and…
Read more...Campaigners Hail Church Intervention on Crisis
CAMPAIGNERS say a hard-hitting intervention by an Archbishops’ Commission into the crisis in social care should be a wake-up call to the Government. In a…
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‘Gung Hei Fat Choi’ as Care Homes Celebrate Chinese New Year
Care homes in the South have celebrated Chinese New Year with festivities, lantern making, food, music, talks and language learning. Residents, team members and visitors…
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104 year-old Berkshire Care Home Resident Obtains Student Certificate
You’re never too old to learn something new. That’s what 104 year old resident Irene Muggeridge has just proved at Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh…
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Reimagining Care Commission – Call for National Care Covenant
In a new report published on 24th January 2023, the Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care calls for a National Care Covenant. This would set out…
Read more...NHS Confederation Responds to DHSC Announcement on Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Services
Responding to the Department for Health and Social Care’s announcement on how £150 million of funding will be spent on urgent and emergency mental health…
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Care Career Conference Set to Attract Hundreds of School Pupils into Care
Hallmark Foundation and Working Options in Education are hosting a free national care conference for school pupils aged between 14-19 years of age, to encourage…
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Government Launches Preventive Healthcare Inquiry
The Health and Social Care Committee has launched a major new inquiry into the prevention of ill-health. • Prevention in health and social care •…
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Rethink Health and Social Care Workforce to Solve NHS Backlog
One of the leading figures in the UK’s recruitment sector has called for a strategic review of Britain’s health and social care workforce in order…
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Strictly Star Joins Social Care Charity as Ambassador
Strictly Come Dancing star, Vincent Simone, has been appointed as an ambassador of national social care charity, Community Integrated Care. In the past year, the…
Read more...“Solutions Required” for a High Quality and Sustainable Health & Care System
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), the NHS Confederation and the Local Government Association (LGA) have come together to create a report…
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