Gosport MP pushes for Older Person’s Commissioner
Dame Caroline Dinenage has once again asked for better rights for children to see their grandparents following parental separation in Questions to the Justice Secretary –…
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Health and Social Care
NHS Employers Letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
NHS Employers have written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ahead of the proposed industrial action by the RCN for the…
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Joint Plea of ‘Utter Dismay’ from Social Care Sector on Funding Cut
Social Care charities and not for profit organisations have made a joint plea to the Department of Health and Social Care to reconsider cutting funding…
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Royal Alfred Becomes First Seafaring Care Home to Secure Veteran Aware Accreditation
Maritime charity The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society’s care home Belvedere House has become the first in the UK dedicated solely to seafarers to obtain the…
Read more...NHS Confederation Responds to DHSC Announcement on Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Services
Responding to the Department for Health and Social Care’s announcement on how £150 million of funding will be spent on urgent and emergency mental health…
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Government Launches Preventive Healthcare Inquiry
The Health and Social Care Committee has launched a major new inquiry into the prevention of ill-health. • Prevention in health and social care •…
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Rethink Health and Social Care Workforce to Solve NHS Backlog
One of the leading figures in the UK’s recruitment sector has called for a strategic review of Britain’s health and social care workforce in order…
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Up to £250 Million to Speed up Hospital Discharge
Thousands of extra medically fit patients will be discharged from hospitals into community care settings, such as care homes, over the coming weeks to free…
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Funding for West Midlands SMEs to Drive Digital Innovation in the Health and Care Sector
Applications for funding for West Midlands based SMEs developing digital solutions to meet health and care challenges is now open. The SME Innovation Fund is…
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Record £19bn for Scotland’s Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care services will receive the highest ever budget settlement over the next year, paving the way for sustainable public services in Scotland….
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Health and Social Work are the UK’s Best Industries for Job Security
With the recent announcement, that made.com is going into administration1 and further layoffs at Meta Group and Twitter, the worry over job loss may grow…
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Nursing Workforce Crisis is at the Heart of Health and Social Care Challenges Warns Royal College of Nursing
The latest statistics published today paint a worrying picture for the months ahead according to the Royal College of Nursing Scotland. Data from Public Health…
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Gridlock Leading to Deterioration in People’s Access to and Experience of Care says Report
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has released its annual assessment of the state of health and social care in England looks at the quality of…
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The UK Could Face “Seasons of Suffering” Unless the New PM Plans for Demographic Change
Prime minister Liz truss has been urged to plan for the long term to avoid repeated long-term seasons of suffering. David Sinclair, Chief Executive of…
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Liz Truss Confirms She is to Abandon NI Health and Social Care Levy
Prime Minister Liz Truss has confirmed that she is to reverse the 1.25 per cent rise in National Insurance and is scrapping the Health and…
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