Momentum for reform social care in England after the sector suffered during the pandemic risks being lost due to Government delays, a new report has warned. Now is a “pivotal
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The majority of people think care workers should be paid the same as pharmacy assistants and some other NHS workers, according to research by an organisation working to support people
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Mental health patients in Wales are being “left behind”, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has claimed as it called for more money to be invested in the sector. The
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The value of unpaid care in England and Wales has risen by almost a third in a decade and is almost equivalent to a second NHS, a new research estimate
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The social care minister has said she wants to see workers in the sector rewarded as she was questioned about the decision to halve previously promised workforce funding. Helen Whately
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The Government must clamp down on homecare companies that do not pay staff for travel time between house visits, ministers have been told. Labour MP Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree) called
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Murder-accused nurse Lucy Letby said it was “sickening” when she discovered she was being blamed for a number of baby deaths while doing the job she “loved”. Seven months on
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Staff at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will strike on Tuesday in a long-running dispute over pay. Members of Unison, Unite and the Public and Commercial Services union will walk
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A senior MP has accused police of giving the “green light” to internet trolls after a vexatious complaint made by a man online saw her subjected to a social services
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Lost earnings due to long-term sickness are costing the UK economy billions, a think tank has said as it called for a new Health and Prosperity Act to tackle the
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