It is reportedly “very likely” care homes in England will be forced to operate with a three-visitor limit under Government plans to limit Omicron’s spread before Christmas. Rising cases of
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Record funding for health and social care in Scotland must be used to deal with “chronic workforce shortages”, doctors have insisted. The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh welcomed Finance
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Job vacancies in the social care sector were more than three times higher last year than in any other form of employment, a report has revealed. The Staff Vacancies In
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Reforms aiming to protect mental health patients from unsafe restraint have come into force following the death of a 23-year-old man. New guidance has been introduced under “Seni’s law”, in
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The Government has announced it will invest £780 million in drug treatment in an effort to break the “cycle of crime” fuelled by addiction. The money will go towards the
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The wife of a former soldier who was beaten by her husband and whose life was in “chaos” has been jailed for life to serve a minimum of nine years
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The parents of a vulnerable young woman who died after being refused admission to hospital have won a fresh inquest into her death as a result of NHS staff withholding
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Care groups and charities have welcomed the Government’s “vision” to improve social care but said more funding is urgently needed to deliver this and pull the sector “back from the
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The Government has announced a new repairs service to help older and disabled people live independently for longer in their own homes as part of key social care reforms. It
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One of the UK’s biggest care home groups plans to bring the national living wage increase in early and invest £17 million to boost carers’ salaries in a bid to
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