Isle of Man Covid Review Calls for Greater Care Home Protections
An Isle of Man review into it’s government’s handling of the Covid pandemic calls for more to be done to ensure care homes have greater…
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Social Care
Carers Need Better Pay Alongside Career Support, Says LinCA
The Chair of the Lincolnshire Care Association has welcomed the announcement of government support for careers in adult social care (Wednesday 10th January). But Melanie…
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SOCIAL CARE providers have welcomed new moves to help recruit and train staff but warned that the vital issue of giving the workforce proper pay…
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New Career Path And Qualifications Aim To Boost Domestic Care Workforce
New qualifications and investment in apprenticeships have been announced as part of a £75 million initiative in an effort to boost the domestic workforce in…
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Skills For Care Is Supporting Providers To #Keeplearning This Year
Throughout January and February Skills for Care is running a campaign to inspire social care workers to #KeepLearning. The campaign follows on from the success…
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Care Horizons Marks Expansion As New Member Joins The Team
South Gloucestershire care provider Care Horizons has marked an exciting new chapter, as it welcomes new Care Worker Andrew Johnson. Andrew has come to Care…
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Hft Calls On Labour To Join The Dots Between The NHS And Adult Social Care
Social care was once again notably absent from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s New Year’s speech and is indicative of a disappointing start to what…
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Joanna Killian Named As Next LGA Chief Executive
Joanna Killian has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Local Government Association (LGA). She will join the LGA in March from her…
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Next Crucial Step For The Carer’s Leave Act 2023 As Implementation Date And Draft Regulations Published
Crucial details relating to the Carer’s Leave Act 2023 have been published, after the draft regulations were laid in Parliament on 11 December 2023. This…
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Cause For Hope Or Concern? What Social Care Will Look Like In 2024
By Sam Monaghan, Chief Executive of MHA The Prime Minister recently confirmed that we will see a General Election in the UK, at some point…
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Weathering The Storm: How Can Care Operators Cope With Current Challenges?
By Jonathan Dunn, Partner in the Restructuring Advisory team at FRP Advisory (www.frpadvisory.com) and a qualified Accountant and Insolvency Practitioner. Much ink has been spilled…
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The Employment Landscape and How to Tackle the Big Changes
By Stephenie Malone, Legal Director at Harrison Clark Rickerbys (www.hcrlaw.com) As 2023 draws to a close the impact of Brexit and Covid may still be…
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Care As a Career – Not a Stepping Stone ‘Creating a Sustainable Skills Pipeline for Care’
By Ric Thompson, Managing Director – Health & Care at Advanced (www.oneadvanced.com) At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious, there is a serious staffing…
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Warning Over ‘Damaging’ In-House Home Care Plan
A North Yorkshire health trust’s decision to create its own ‘in house’ home care service could backfire and leave vulnerable local people without care, providers…
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Wilson the Wallaby Visits Residents at Local Care Home
Paternoster House Care Centre, in Waltham Abbey, had a very unusual Christmas visitor, Wilson the white wallaby! Residents at Paternoster House were pleasantly surprised to…
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