Fears Over Lack of Staff to Provide Care
Care providers fear they may soon not have enough staff to care for the country’s oldest and most vulnerable as a recruitment crisis depends. Provider…
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Social Care
Public Urged To Continue Protecting Friends And Family Following Restrictions Lifting
Everyone across England is being urged to continue letting fresh air into enclose spaces, take up the offer of twice-weekly free testing, wash their hands and book both doses of their vaccine
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Mandatory Vaccine Policy May Put 40,000 Jobs At Risk Says Report
The government’s mandatory Covid vaccination policy in adult social care could lead to the loss of an estimated 40,000 staff with a replacement costs of £2,500 each to care homes in England
Read more...Every Death Is A Tragedy
Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, expresses its deepest sympathies to the relatives of all those care home residents and staff who have died of COVID-19.
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Adult Social Care Leaders Come Together With A Vision For A Future Workforce Strategy
Adult social care leaders have come together for the first time to offer a collective vision of what should be in a workforce strategy for the growing sector.
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Funding The National Living Wage: Care England Gives Evidence To The Low Pay Commission
Yesterday, Care England gave oral evidence to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) regarding the implementation of the National Living Wage and other minimum wage rates in the adult social care sector.
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Health And Social Care Workers Averaged 86-Hour Weeks Through Pandemic
Workforce management app, Deputy, has released its Shiftwork Economy Report, revealing the reality of shift work during the pandemic.
The report, which provides analysis of 11.5 million
Read more...Ombudsman Raps Council For Taking Too Long To Change Care Home Charging Policy
A Lincolnshire family has been forced to complain to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman for the second time about the way a relative’s care home fees were charged because
Read more...We Can’t Level Up This Country Without Levelling Up Social Care – VODG Responds To ADASS Spring Survey
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has today published its Spring Survey 2021(formerly the Budget Survey), which describes the financial and operating state of adult social care services in England.
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75,000 Waiting For Social Care Help Says ADASS Survey
Almost 75,000 disabled and older people and carers are waiting for help with their care and support as social services struggle to cope with an avalanche of needs arising from the Covid pandemic.
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Sajid Javid Visits Aashna House Residential Care Home In Streatham
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Sajid Javid paid a visit to Aashna House Residential Care Home in Streatham in South London where he met Smita Bhatt, the Care Home Manager
Read more...#Unfairtocare Report Launched
One of the UK’s largest social care charities, Community Integrated Care, has developed Unfair To Care, a new report examining the social care workforce crisis.
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Local Care Team Celebrates National Day
Local care team, Radis Community Care, celebrated the first ever national day of recognition for NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers this week.
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Lords Summon Minister To Address Concerns About Proposed Vaccination Of Care Home Staff As A Condition Of Employment
his week, the cross-party House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee considered the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 in its weekly report to the House.
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Welsh Government Needs To “Step Up To The Plate” To Avert New Social Care Crisis
A social care leader says it’s time for the Welsh Government to “step up to the plate” to avert a new crisis and fund the sector properly so that frontline staff can be paid what they deserve.
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