New commission launched on how to honour victims and heroes of pandemic
A new commission on how the UK will commemorate the victims and the heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic has been launched by the Government. Set to report back by March
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Filled social care roles in England fall 50,000 amid workforce pressures, latest figures show
The number of filled social care jobs in England has fallen for the first time in almost a decade as the sector struggles to attract and keep staff, figures show.
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Lack of investment in social care workforce pay ‘another act of treachery’ towards sector
A lack of investment into social care worker pay, while NHS workers have been promised a rise, has been described by a care group as “another act of treachery” towards
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Jail for couple who funded holidays abroad with money scammed from local authority social care
A couple who enjoyed holidays abroad with some of the money from a relative who faked a neurological condition to scam a local authority out of more than £624,000 have
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Family of man who killed his father say mental health services ‘must change’
The family of a 23-year-old man who killed his father and tried to murder his mother have said “something must change” after they spent years begging mental health services to
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Adult social care needs immediate funding and faces ‘most challenging year ever’, Adass warn
Just one in eight directors of adult social care services in England are confident they have the resources to meet their responsibilities this year, a survey has found. Adult social
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Boom in elderly in rural areas increasing pressure on underfunded adult social care services
A boom in older people living in rural parts of England could see the quality of social care and access to services decline without extra funding from the Government, a
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Government report calls for NHS to ‘redouble’ efforts to vaccinate vulnerable
A Parliamentary committee has called for increased efforts to vaccinate people in vulnerable groups against Covid-19 as infection rates continue to rise again. A report by the Public Accounts Committee
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Social worker ‘not told of missing Gaia’s mental health assessment’ – inquest
Teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland’s social worker was never told she had undergone an assessment under the Mental Health Act just weeks before she disappeared, an inquest heard. Sarah Lock said she
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Father of boy with profound learning disability says Muckamore known as ‘place to be feared’
Muckamore Abbey Hospital was known as a “place to be feared”, the father of a boy who spent time there in the 1990s has said. Michael Overend from west Belfast
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