The Government is being urged to do more to help disabled people return to work after new research revealed concerns about the risk to their health. Scope is delivering a
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Care providers in England will receive more than half a billion pounds extra funding to help reduce transmission of Covid-19 during the winter, the Government has announced. The Infection Control
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Peers have urged the Government to âdo the decent thingâ and automatically grant EU children in care settled status in the UK with the ending of free movement. Those behind
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NHS and social care staff are being urged to âdo their bitâ and have a flu jab as the health service ramps up its preparations for winter. In a letter
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A âdisproportionately lowâ number of complaints about independent care providers is preventing the sector from learning and improving, the social care ombudsman has warned. The Local Government and Social Care
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The Governmentâs long-awaited social care plan looks set to be delayed until next year, peers have been told. Health and social care minister Lord Bethell said he could not commit
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People who have neurodiverse conditions such as autism and were victims of child sexual abuse have been encouraged to share their experiences. The Truth Project, which is part of the
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Boris Johnson will face a grilling from senior MPs amid a warning that the âfailureâ of the test and trace system is placing huge pressure on the health service. The
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Suspected Covid-19 patients with acute medical needs and people in care homes will be prioritised under plans to ration coronavirus tests, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs. NHS leaders have
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The Government is being urged to step in to help end the practice of employers not paying care staff for time spent travelling between visits to the sick and elderly
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