The UK Government is introducing measures to empower care workers with new training to perform routine health checks, including monitoring blood pressure, managing diabetes with…
Read more...A very Happy New Year to you all from the team at: THE CARER We hope you and your residents enjoy your New Year’s Eve…
Read more...TO MARK Carer’s Rights Day (21 November), Francesca Lilley, associate in the employment law team at Knights, has shared her expertise on how employers must…
Read more...The Work Rights Centre has published a report “The forgotten third: migrant workers’ views on improving conditions in England’s adult social care sector” which examines…
Read more...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…
Read more...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…
Read more...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…
Read more...Date & time: Wednesday 24 April 2024 | 1:00PM – 2:00PM GMT Are you employing or looking to hire overseas nationals to plug a skills…
Read more...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…
Read more...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…
Read more...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…
Read more...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…
Read more...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…
Read more...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…
Read more...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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