The coronavirus pandemic has significantly increased older people’s social care needs, with about one in four finding it harder to carry out everyday activities, a survey suggests. Some 23% of
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Northern Ireland Health Minister, Robin Swann, has praised the adult social care workforce as he launched a new campaign to help boost careers in the sector earlier today. The ‘Social
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A failure to act on long-promised social care reform will be a “bitter blow” for care staff and the millions they help, councils have warned. The Local Government Association (LGA)
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The Government should put 1p on income tax, national insurance and VAT to secure the future of the NHS and social care, 33 health and political experts have said. The
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More people are requesting social care but fewer are getting the help they need, according to a report calling for urgent reform to halt the sector’s “deep decline”. Around 120,000
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The Prime Minister has not said whether key social care proposals, as promised when he was elected, will be detailed in next week’s Queen’s Speech. Boris Johnson said proposals for
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The burden of overcoming “gargantuan” challenges facing health and care services will mostly fall on the shoulders of women, health leaders have warned. The impact of the pandemic on the
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The Health Secretary has given social care providers his word that the Government will deliver reforms to put the sector on a “firm footing for the years to come”. Reflecting
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Care workers who help vulnerable people to visit sex workers will not be breaking the law, a senior judge has said. In a landmark ruling, a judge in the Court
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Social work staff who provide emergency out-of-hours cover in Argyll and Bute have voted to take industrial action in consultative ballots run jointly by two unions. Both Unite and UNISON
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