The Government is launching an urgent campaign to recruit more social care staff in England to fill gaps left by staff forced to self-isolate due to the pandemic. The Department
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The former head of the Government’s Covid-19 rough sleeping taskforce has called for staff in the homelessness sector to be prioritised for vaccines. Dame Louise Casey, who was appointed to
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Boris Johnson has pledged to unveil his long-awaited social care plan later this year, as he warned that young people will need to start thinking about the cost of being
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The Government has set out sweeping proposals to tackle mental health inequalities including the disproportionate detention of people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. Plans to reform and
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A hospital for men with learning disabilities has been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) identified “serious risks to patient safety”. The CQC said it also
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A communications campaign is being developed to encourage care home staff to have the coronavirus vaccine when it is offered to them. Scottish Care, which represents the independent care home
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The Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have published new figures on the levels of staff vacancies in Scotland’s social care services. The Staff vacancies in care
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A paranoid schizophrenic woman who slit the throat of a seven-year-old girl with a craft knife in a park on Mother’s Day has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a one-off payment for Scotland’s health and social care staff as a ‘thank you for their extraordinary service’ throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A
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A former MP has raised concerns after a judge in the Court of Protection ruled that the name of a London council overseeing the care of a woman with significant
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