NHS in a Position of ‘National Vulnerability’ as Local Services Gear up for Busiest Period
Local NHS leaders are warning of huge pressure on their services as the NHS faces up to its busiest few weeks of the year. They…
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Health and Social Care
Government Launches Independent Commission to Reform Social Care
The UK Government has unveiled plans to establish a new independent commission dedicated to addressing the pressing challenges within adult social care and formulating long-term…
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Insolvency Warning as Care Providers in England Face Financial Pressure from Rising Costs
Insolvencies and restructuring activity are expected to increase in early 2025 as businesses struggle with rising cost pressures, industry experts have warned. Surging business costs…
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Bake Off Star Judges Christmas Cooking Creations at Parkstone Care Home
A Great British Bake Off star visited residents at a Parkstone care home to judge their Christmas baking competition. Maggie Richardson, who appeared on the…
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Social Care Sector Petition to Exempt Employers from NIC Increase Garners Government Response
The government has issued a response to a petition to Exempt all social care providers from the employer NIC increase”. The petition called on the…
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Sector Responds To CQC’s Report On The State Of Health Care And Adult Social Care In England
Sector leaders and organisations have today responded to the care Quality Commissions (CQC) state of health care and adult social care in England report which…
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Immigration Laws Decoded: Impact On Health And Social Care
Health and social care is the underappreciated backbone of our society, providing essential services to vulnerable people and their families across the UK. The industry…
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New Qualification To Boost Care Sector
A new accredited qualification for care workers will help to improve perceptions of the sector and will boost retention. That’s the opinion of a Lesley…
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Healthcare Leaders Call For ‘Full-Scale Cultural Shift’ To Future Proof Health And Social Care System
Leaders across the health and social care sector agree that a ‘full-scale’ cultural shift at a policy and organisational level is ‘urgently needed’ in order…
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Call For Radical Refocusing Of Health And Care System To Put Primary And Community Services At Its Core
· ‘Answer to over-crowded hospitals is not more hospitals.’ · 30 years of policy and implementation failure in moving ‘care closer to home’ · Need…
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WK Goodman Announces New Senior Hire In Health And Social Care Team
Anna Fee joins RWK Goodman’s Health and Social Care Team with a focus on regulation and contentious matters Based in the London office, Anna is…
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Overseas Recruitment Yields Success for North Yorkshire Care Provider
A North Yorkshire care provider has spoken of the excellent partnership overseas care workers have formed with existing staff to provide vital care for vulnerable…
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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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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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