Fall in Health and Care Visa Applications as UK Tightens Immigration Rules
There has been an 81% drop in visa applications following the ban on overseas social care workers bringing family dependents, latest figures from the Home…
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New Government Must Urgently Tackle Illegal Underpayment Of Wages In Social Care
The new government must immediately address the problem of low pay in adult social care by tackling illegal underpayment of wages, and urgently consulting the…
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Boosting Care Worker Wages “Must Be Priority” Says Care England
Care workers in England would be entitled to pay of at least £12 an hour as part of a Labour manifesto pledge to improve recruitment…
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Webinar: Employing Overseas Nationals in the UK
Date & time: Wednesday 24 April 2024 | 1:00PM – 2:00PM GMT Are you employing or looking to hire overseas nationals to plug a skills…
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UK Government’s Changes To Skilled Worker Visa Salary Levels Set To Impact Care Sector
By Siobhan Owers and Ian Bell, Fragomen LLP (www.fragomen.com) In a plan to slash migration, the Home Secretary James Cleverly, announced on 5 December 2023…
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Outstanding Social Care Awards for Willows Care Home
Willows Care Home has received a Chief Nursing Silver Award for its outstanding contribution to Health and Social Care, while Gail St Juste-Alcide, its Clinical…
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Discharging Patients into Care Homes Would be ‘Appropriate’, Covid Inquiry Hears
The Covid inquiry has heard from a top government adviser that that discharging positive Covid patients into care homes would be “entirely clinically appropriate” while…
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Norwich Care Home Manager Wins World Body Building Competition
A manager of a residential care home in Norwich is following in the biceps of Arnold Schwazenegger in becoming a World Champion as a body…
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Government Urged to Recognise Long Covid as an Occupational Disease
The British Medical Association (BMA) and Royal College of Nursing (RCN) are asking the Government to make urgent progress on supporting healthcare workers with Long…
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Celebrating National Older Workers Week 2023
This week is National Older Workers Week! Currently, one in three workers will be aged 50 or over by 2025, and the number of older…
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CQC Publishes Pilot Adult Social Care Assessment Results
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published the findings of its 5 pilot assessments, assessing how local authorities meet their duties under Part 1 of…
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Deputy Manager of Care Home Treks 26 Miles For Charity
The Deputy Manager of Burscough Manor Care Home trekked 26 miles to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society. Lizzie Brighouse raised over £1,800 for the…
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BLOCKING overseas workers from coming to the UK to provide care would be a disaster for our ability to look after older and vulnerable people,…
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Success In Digitization Of The Care Sector Could Mean A Huge Shift In The Traditional Partnership Between Care Settings And Care Recruitment Agencies
By Kalvin Morris, Co-Founder and Director, Elite Care Services (www.elitecare.co.uk) The white paper published last year by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSE)…
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Nurturing A Culture Of Continuous Improvement: Embedding Quality Improvement Processes To Drive Ongoing Excellence In Care Provision
By Tina Stebbings – Business Manager at Fulcrum Care Consulting (www.fulcrumcareconsulting.com) In the rapidly evolving landscape of care provision, the need for continuous improvement has…
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