Barber Mounzer Bowls Over Inverclyde Residents with Free Hair Cuts
A BARBER who started a new life in Scotland after escaping war-ravaged Syria has proved he is a cut above the rest by giving out…
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Social Care
Call for Evidence for New 10-year Plan to Improve Mental Health
The general public, people of all ages with lived experience of mental health conditions and those who support people with mental ill-health are urged to…
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Cash Shortage Putting Vital Care at Risk
Providers call for return of Infection Control Fund Concerns have been raised that the brutal axing of a cash fund set up to help providers…
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‘Disgraceful’ for MP to Draw Parallels Between PM’s Rule-Breaking and Healthcare Workers, says BMA
Responding to the MP Michael Fabricant’s comments comparing the Prime Minister’s Covid rule-breaking to the behaviour of healthcare workers, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA council chair,…
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Parklands Plans New Affordable Homes for Key Workers at Inverness Care Hub
A Highland care home operator is to build new affordable rental homes for its staff and other key workers as part of a multi-million pound…
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#GladtoCare Awareness Week Returns for Third Year to Celebrate the Best of the Care Sector
An awareness week that aims to champion and celebrate the very best of the UK care sector is officially returning for a third consecutive year…
Read more...Over 930,000 Unpaid Carers Will See a Real Terms Cut in Benefits Says Carers UK
On Monday 11 April 2022, state benefits are being uprated to the new 2022/23 levels but are leaving unpaid carers’ benefits far behind the rate…
Read more...Skills for Care’s Latest Monthly Data Shows Vacancy Rates Continue to Rise in Social Care
Skills for Care has released its latest monthly data for the social care workforce. The figures show that vacancy rates are continuing to rise, while…
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HC-One Colleagues Jubilant in Winning Two Awards at the Scottish Care National Care Home Awards 2021
HC-One were crowned the winners in two award categories at the Scottish Care National Care Home Awards 2021, which took place at the Hilton Hotel…
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Care Body Quits Fees Group Because Councils are “Deprioritising Care” Amid Growing North-South Divide
An organisation that represents care providers has dramatically quit a group set up to discuss fees. The decision by Care Forum Wales (CFW) to resign…
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New Levy Not Enough for Social Care
Care England has stated that the Government’s Health and Social Care Levy, due to come into effect today, will not deliver the appropriate amount of…
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Scotland’s Colleges Launch 1800 Funded Learning Spaces to Address the Social Care Crisis
The college sector believes that the ‘Introduction to a Career in Social Care’ course will encourage a variety of people into the care sector, fill…
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NHS Leaders Will Make Best Use of Extra Funding but Soaring Inflation Means the NI Levy is Now Worth Less
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that from today (Wednesday 6 April), the Health and Social Care Levy will come into effect…
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Lords Committee to Explore the Assumptions Underlying Adult Social Care
The House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee will tomorrow be holding two evidence sessions, as it continues its inquiry into the invisibility of adult…
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NIHR Changes Name to Emphasise Long-Term Commitment to Social Care Research
To emphasise thier enduring commitment to social care research, from today the NIHR will officially become the ‘National Institute for Health and Care Research’. The…
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