Severe Nursing Workforce Shortages Warns RCN
A new report by the RCN shows how failure by successive UK governments to tackle the nursing workforce crisis in England has created “the greatest risk to…
Read more...
Healthcare
50,000 New Homes for Older People Needed Each Year to Tackle Housing and Care Crises
The Government must build 50,000 new homes for older people each year to tackle the UK’s housing and social care crisis – one in four…
Read more...
Concerns Raised About Changes to Registration Requirements for Internationally Trained Healthcare Staff?
The House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee raised this concern in its 15th Report after considering the Draft Dentists, Dental Care Professionals, Nurses, Nursing…
Read more...
Govt Carer Recruitment Drive is Welcome…
…but no substitute for proper reform says sector A Government recruitment drive for adult social care is welcome but is merely an attempt to patch…
Read more...
Newcross Healthcare Launches Voices of Care Podcast
Newcross Healthcare are bringing together wisdom and insight for a new podcast series on the challenges and solutions that could lie ahead for the sector….
Read more...Care England Urges “ Save Our Sector”
Care England has this week written to the newly appointed Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, calling for the Conservative manifesto promise to…
Read more...
MPs to Debate Right to End Isolation in Health and Social Care
MPs across the political spectrum will debate the creation of a new legal right to ensure people can maintain contact with their family in health…
Read more...
87% of Healthcare and Care Sector Organisations Struggling with Staff Shortages Amid Changing Regulation
According to a recent WorkNest poll, an alarming 87% of care and healthcare providers admitted that their organisations are currently struggling with staff shortages, and…
Read more...
Further Raids on the NHS Budget “Will Plunge it into its Deepest Crisis in Decades”
Patient services, safety and the NHS’s ability to drive down waiting lists are now at real and present risk if the government does not abandon…
Read more...
Care Provider Welcomes International Recruits to Strengthen Their Workforce
Care provider Hales Group has welcomed the first group of international recruits to the region to strengthen its workforce, with five senior carers from Sri…
Read more...
Thousands of Over 50s to Receive Covid Booster and Flu Jabs
Thousands of people aged 50 and over are now receiving covid autumn booster and flu jabs (From October 15) , with hundreds of thousands more…
Read more...
Vida Healthcare Scoops Dementia Care Leader Award
Bernadette Mossman of specialist dementia care provider, Vida Healthcare, is celebrating after winning the Dementia Care Leader award at the Social Care Leadership Awards 2022….
Read more...
NHS Confederation Responds to the New Chancellor’s Statement on the Fiscal Plan
Responding to the new Chancellor’s statement on the government’s fiscal plan, Matthew Taylor chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: “The health service is already…
Read more...
Pandemic’s Devastating Impact on Mental Health of Health and Care Workers
A new report by the Qatar Foundation, World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) finds that at least…
Read more...
NHS Staff Help Patients Pay Tribute to the Queen
Hundreds of thousands of NHS staff working over the Bank Holiday are helping patients mark Queen Elizabeth II funeral in hospitals across England. Patients using…
Read more...