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QCS x Carebeans, the UK’s leading digital provider of compliance, care management and workforce solutions for the adult social care and support sector, announces the…
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Unpaid Carers Stage First Protest From Home, Streamed On Screens Outside Parliament
As MPs head off on their summer recess, and school holidays begin, exhausted unpaid carers from across the country have come together to fight for…
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Lords Committee Criticises The Home Office Over “Significant Changes To Immigration Policy”
In its 33rd Report of Session 24-25, the cross-party House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has once again expressed concern about the lack of…
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Care Home Workforce Challenges Examined at COVID-19 Inquiry
Staffing shortages and budget constraints left Northern Ireland’s care sector vulnerable during pandemic, an official has told the inquiry Northern Ireland’s residential care sector faced…
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Browne Jacobson Report Sets Out How Care Sector Can Future-Proof Workforce As Visa Changes Restrict Overseas Recruitment
By Laura Chinyere-Ezeh, HR Consultant who leads Browne Jacobson’s HR services team for the health and social care sector. Innovating working patterns, supporting career progression…
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Care Sector Faces Critical Crossroads as Costs Soar and Workforce Crisis Deepens
The UK care sector is grappling with its most challenging period in recent memory, according to the latest OakNorth Care Sector Tracker, with mounting financial…
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Employer NIC Rises Set To Force Increase In UK Tax Wedge
The latest analysis from the Global Payroll Alliance (GPA) suggests that the recent increases to Employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) could result in the UK…
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UK Care Workforce Twice As Likely To Live In Poverty As Average Worker
A new report from the Health Foundation reveals that people working in care homes and their families are twice as likely to live in poverty…
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Government to Set Out Timetable for Carer’s Leave Review and Commits to Hold Public Consultation
Last night, as the Employment Rights Bill was debated at Report Stage in the House of Lords, Peers discussed an amendment that was supported by…
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Government Unveils Employment Rights Bill To “Boost Rights For Half Of All UK Workers
The UK Government has unveiled its roadmap for implementing the Employment Rights Bill, a cornerstone of its “Make Work Pay” agenda. The reform package aims…
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Why the UK Needs Overseas Workers To Protect Our Most Vulnerable
By Bethan Evans, CEO of My Choice Healthcare (www.mychoicehealthcare.co.uk) The government recently announced plans to close the care worker visa for overseas recruitment in a…
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Care England Welcomes PAC Report Spotlighting Failures In The Visa System And Echoes Urgent Calls For Reform
Care England, has welcomed the publication of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on the Skilled Worker visa route, which echoes long-standing…
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Cross-Party MPs Unite to Champion Legal Right to Care Supporters
MPs from across the political spectrum gathered in Westminster Hall this week to debate Gloria’s Law, calling for a legal right to Care Supporters that…
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Dedicated “Heroines” Ellen And Cindy Honoured For 90 Years Of Care
Two care home “heroines” have been honoured for nearly 90 years of dedicated service between them. Ellen Griffith and Cindy Clutton were presented with special…
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Understand and Prepare: Navigating the Employment Rights Bill
By Gareth Dando Employment Partner at Ramsdens Solicitors (www.ramsdens.co.uk) It’s a time of massive upheaval in the care sector, particularly when it comes to staffing…
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