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Coronavirus testing of health and care staff needed on mass scale, say experts

Lab that wrongly reported thousands of Covid-19 cases as negative linked to 20 deaths

Peers seek clarity to many unanswered questions on social care following ‘regressive’ budget

RCN announce strike dates as row with Health Secretary over nurses pay escalates

25th November 2022

Featured Jobs

Principal Social Worker x 3 (Adult Service Hubs) – Ayr Full Time

South Ayrshire Council Ayr £53,764 - £57,031 per year - £53,764 - £57,031 per year

Team Manager (Permanent) – West Renfrewshire Full Time

Renfrewshire Council Renfrew £40,916 - £44,091 per year - £40,916 - £44,091 per year

Domiciliary Care Manager – Barking and Dagenham, Greater London Permanent

Stick Healthcare Barking and Dagenham, Greater London £40000 - £60000/annum

Outreach Caseworker – Scotland and North of England Full Time

The Naval Children’s Charity Helensburgh £35,000

Rehabilitation Officer – Gloucestershire Full Time

Gloucestershire County Council Gloucestershire £25,878 - £28,371 per annum pro rata

Residential Support Worker – Gloucestershire Full Time

Gloucestershire County Council Gloucestershire £25,878 - £28,371 per annum pro rata

Night Care Assistant – Gloucestershire Full Time

Gloucestershire County Council Gloucestershire £21,189 - £21,968 per annum pro rata

Community Support Worker – Uttlesford, Essex Full Time

Essex County Council Essex £21,531 to £28,008 per annum

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Care News

News England

Late Queen’s lady-in-waiting resigns over ‘deeply regrettable’ comments to domestic abuse charity boss

The late Queen’s lady in waiting has resigned and apologised after she made “unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments” by asking...

Increasing number of nurses joining UK register from so-called ‘red list’ countries

Inquiry hears father was left ‘shell-shocked’ after almost losing son to hospital-acquired infection

More than 10,000 ambulance workers in England and Wales vote to strike over pay

Ex-care worker had made complaint to police the day before her death in ‘murder-suicide’

Care-experienced students face lack of support navigating higher education, UCAS report finds

New lawyers appointed as counsel to Scotland’s Covid-19 inquiry

Experts hail new Alzheimer’s drug as ‘beginning of the end’ in search for effective treatment

Abortion services ‘will be commissioned in Northern Ireland’, minister tells MPs

Almost two thirds of unpaid carers ‘have given up work or reduced hours’

As many as 100,000 nursing staff to walk out next month after ministers decline pay talks

Covid-19 inquiry chairman showed ‘genuine empathy and compassion’, families solicitor says

Around the UK

News England

Increasing number of nurses joining UK register from so-called ‘red list’ countries

Health and care employers have been urged to follow ethical recruitment guidelines after it emerged that more than 2,000 nurses...

More than 10,000 ambulance workers in England and Wales vote to strike over pay

Ex-care worker had made complaint to police the day before her death in ‘murder-suicide’

New lawyers appointed as counsel to Scotland’s Covid-19 inquiry

Experts hail new Alzheimer’s drug as ‘beginning of the end’ in search for effective treatment

Latest Jobs

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Education

Education & Training

Care-experienced students face lack of support navigating higher education, UCAS report finds

Students who have been in care are not being given the right support when deciding on their options for higher...

Experts hail new Alzheimer’s drug as ‘beginning of the end’ in search for effective treatment

Disabled people are ‘at breaking point’ over cost of living, says MS sufferer

Experience of racial discrimination linked to significantly elevated homelessness risk – academic study

21st November 2022

Coroner criticises university for failing to respond to student’s ‘cry for help’ before death

31st October 2022

Ministers urged to spend more on psychological support for people with diabetes

Little evidence that social prescribing link workers easing burden on GP services, study concludes

18th October 2022

Coronavirus Latest

New lawyers appointed as counsel to Scotland’s Covid-19 inquiry

Covid-19 inquiry chairman showed ‘genuine empathy and compassion’, families solicitor says

Lab that wrongly reported thousands of Covid-19 cases as negative linked to 20 deaths

Government has ‘far wider’ questions to answer after Baroness Mone PPE reports – Labour

24th November 2022

Engage | Comment & Opinion

Childcare workers facing financial hardship after real terms pay cut – report

Engage

Engage: Early years educators are underpaid and undervalued – only government investment can improve this

Early education and care for children aged from birth to five in England is at a critical point. On one...

Cities hit twice as hard by austerity with north disproportionately affected

Engage

Engage: Austerity gutted the welfare state – preserving benefits now can’t make up for that

18th November 2022

Many people on low incomes will have breathed a sigh of relief when the UK Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt announced, in...

Engage: The UK’s asylum system is in crisis, but the government – not refugees – is to blame

1st November 2022

Engage: Diversity in foster care important to ‘give children someone to identify with’

19th October 2022

Engage: The magic of touch – how deafblind people taught us to ‘see’ the world differently during COVID

11th October 2022

UK ‘badly damaged’ and violating human rights obligations, UN poverty expert

Austerity led to twice as many excess UK deaths as previously thought – here’s what that means for future cuts

6th October 2022

Webwatch

Webwatch: Concern at surge in suicidal young men turning to A&E due to online gambling

23rd November 2022

‘Global first’ ruling that online content contributed to death of 14-year-old Molly Russell

30th September 2022

Reports, Resources & Guidance

Career Advice

‘No better time to be a care worker’, as Government launch five month recruitment campaign

New To Care

Government accused of ‘sticking plaster’ approach as new campaign aims to fill social care vacancies

2nd November 2022

A recruitment drive to fill tens of thousands of vacancies in the social care sector has been launched by the...

Career Advice

Workplace Romance – Four questions to ask yourself before dating someone from the office