Scots care workers to strike for first time in decade in dispute over pay
Care staff working at Enable Scotland are to go on strike in a dispute over pay in the first national care walkout in more than a decade, Unison has announced.
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New immigration measures will fuel ‘exodus’ of migrant nurses, union warns
Thousands of migrant nursing staff are ready to leave the UK, with new Government measures aimed at curbing immigration set to accelerate the “exodus”, a union boss has warned. It
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Engage: Closing off social care jobs to migrant workers will only harm sector already in crisis
One big talking point to emerge from the UK government’s recently announced plans to reform the immigration system was the proposal to end recruitment of social care workers from overseas.
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McArthur hails ‘landmark moment’ after Holyrood vote on assisted dying
The MSP hoping to change the law to allow assisted dying for terminally ill Scots has hailed a “landmark moment” after MSPs backed the general principles of his proposals. Holyrood
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Mental health patients waiting days in A&E ‘scandal in plain sight’, says RCN
People with mental health problems are waiting days for treatment in busy emergency departments, according to new analysis. NHS staff described some patients as “massively distressed and struggling” while waiting
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Couple died after Covid ‘taken into house by carers’, daughter tells inquiry
A woman whose parents died of Covid a month apart during the pandemic has told a public inquiry she believes the infection was taken into their house by carers. Hazel
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Assisting self-harm could result in five-year jail term under proposed offence
Anyone who assists someone to self-harm – such as by giving them a blade or pills – could face up to five years in prison under plans for a new
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Calls for more support for nurses dealing with ‘human cost’ of opioid abuse
Healthcare staff are being left to deal with the “human cost” of abuse of opioids, some of which are more potent than heroin, nurses have warned. Drugs such as nitazenes
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Conservative MP Patrick Spencer charged with two counts of sexual assault
Conservative MP Patrick Spencer has been charged with two counts of sexual assault allegedly carried out at central London’s Groucho club. The Crown Prosecution Service said on Tuesday that Spencer
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Nursery worker and owner appear in court in connection with child’s death
A nursery worker and a business owner have appeared before magistrates charged in connection with the death of a 14-month-old boy. Nursery worker Kimberley Cookson and business owner Deborah Latewood
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