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Government urged to reinstate Covid self isolating funding for care staff

By Alan Jones, Reporter5th May 2022News England

The Government is being urged to reinstate a fund which helped care providers pay wages to staff while they were self isolating. Unison and the Care Provider Alliance (CPA) have

Father, 93, convicted of allowing the ‘horrific’ death of immobile and vulnerable daughter

By Matthew Cooper, Reporter29th April 2022News England

The 93-year-old father of an immobile and vulnerable woman who died in “horrific” conditions in a bedroom has been convicted of allowing her death. After deliberating for more than 15

Care workers should be paid more and migrants granted permanent visas to tackle staffing crisis

By Flora Thompson, Reporter27th April 2022News England

Carers should be paid a higher minimum wage and made permanently eligible for work visas under immigration rules to help tackle staff shortages, according to Government advisers. The Migration Advisory

Social care costs cap set to be introduced by Government after Lords back down

By Nick Lester, Reporter27th April 2022News England

A planned £86,000 cap on care costs is set to be introduced after peers backed down over their demand for a Government rethink, amid concerns it is unfair to poorer

Priory hospital chiefs urged to tighten perimeter fence safety after vulnerable patient death

By Matthew Cooper, Reporter25th April 2022News England

A coroner has urged health chiefs to consider imposing minimum standards for perimeter fences at acute mental health units after neglect was found to have contributed to the death of

Social care providers turning down admissions and closing services in face of ‘perfect storm’ – report

By Alan Jones, Reporter25th April 202225th April 2022News England

Social care providers are being forced to turn down admissions and even shut services as they face a “perfect storm” of workforce challenges and rising costs, according to a new

Neglect by Priory hospital contributed to death of young mental health patient, jury finds

By Matthew Cooper, Reporter21st April 2022News England

Failings amounting to neglect contributed to the death of a vulnerable man who was hit by a train after absconding from a mental health hospital, a jury has ruled. Personal

Skills For Care announce fund to support workforce development is open for grant applications

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter21st April 2022News England

The workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England has confirmed their Workforce Development Fund (WDF) is now open for grant applications for 2022-23. The WDF supports

Strikes planned by council workers in equal pay dispute suspended after deal reached

By The Press Association13th April 2022News Scotland

Strike action by council workers over an equal pay dispute has been suspended after unions agreed a deal with the local authority. Unison said its lawyers will now enter legal

Asylum seeker who stabbed six people in Glasgow made 72 phone calls to authorities before attack

By Katharine Hay, Reporter12th April 2022News Scotland

An asylum seeker who was shot dead after stabbing six people called the Home Office and various migrant support groups more than 70 times before his attack, it has been

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Father, 93, convicted of allowing the ‘horrific’ death of immobile and vulnerable daughter

Priory hospital chiefs urged to tighten perimeter fence safety after vulnerable patient death

Neglect by Priory hospital contributed to death of young mental health patient, jury finds

Asylum seeker who stabbed six people in Glasgow made 72 phone calls to authorities before attack

NHS trust fined £1.6 million for ‘catalogue of failures’ that led to deaths of babies

Judge-led inquiry to be held into Nottingham attacks in ‘matter of weeks’, PM announces

‘Government not gangs’ should decide who enters UK as 19,000 migrants removed

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Tag: Adult Care

Government urged to reinstate Covid self isolating funding for care staff

Father, 93, convicted of allowing the ‘horrific’ death of immobile and vulnerable daughter

Care workers should be paid more and migrants granted permanent visas to tackle staffing crisis

Social care costs cap set to be introduced by Government after Lords back down

Priory hospital chiefs urged to tighten perimeter fence safety after vulnerable patient death

Social care providers turning down admissions and closing services in face of ‘perfect storm’ – report

Neglect by Priory hospital contributed to death of young mental health patient, jury finds

Skills For Care announce fund to support workforce development is open for grant applications

Strikes planned by council workers in equal pay dispute suspended after deal reached

Asylum seeker who stabbed six people in Glasgow made 72 phone calls to authorities before attack