The government is seeking views on plans for staff in health and care settings in England to be required to have COVID-19 and flu vaccines to protect vulnerable people.
Read more...A social care leader is warning that a number of care homes in Wales will close unless an extra £250 million in funding is used to fix the “broken” system and tackle low pay in the sector.
Read more...Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today confirmed a tax increase for millions of British workers as the government seeks to reform social care.
Read more...Campaigners fear NHS will get cash boost first
Campaigners fear the care of older and vulnerable adults will again play second fiddle to NHS care when extra funding is announced today.
Read more...Care England has today written to the Minister of State for Social Care at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to emphasise the serious and growing concerns in relation to the absence
Read more...In response to the widespread speculation that a social care reform announcement is imminent, the National Care Forum has reissued their ambitions for the social care of the future.
Read more...Care providers today gave a cautious welcome to news that the Government is considering an increase in National Insurance to pay for social care reform.
Representative body the Independent Care Group (ICG)
Read more...The prime minister is expected to announce a rise in national insurance payments to fund social care, despite this being a breach of the 2019 Tory manifesto, and a Dilnot-style cap on individual
Read more...The health and social care division of The Access Group (“Access”), has announced the acquisition of Servelec.
The acquisition will enable Access to offer integrated solutions and services across local government, health and social care, combining Access
Read more...The #BetterPay4SocialCare Action Week will be taking place from Monday 6th to Friday 10th September. To help raise awareness of care worker pay, 28 social care organisations across the country
Read more...A social care leader fears the world could be hit by a new pandemic sooner rather than later.
Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales, is concerned it could pose an even greater threat if it involves a vaccine-resistant virus.
Read more...When the Championing Social Care Committee came together with their collective vision to ‘Shine a Light’ on the brilliance of the Care Sector teams and the vibrancy of their care workers
Read more...Dudley council has agreed to refund care home top-up fees for concerned families whose relatives were not offered an affordable placement, because of a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation.
Read more...Bourne lady, Janice Day, retires today following an incredible 36-year career in social care.
Mark Milton, CEO of UK charity care provider Ambient Support, joined via Zoom
Read more...A Bristol nurse has been handed one of the first-ever National Social Care awards by the government’s chief nurse for adult social care, in recognition of his outstanding work in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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