Around a quarter of social services directors said hospital patients were discharged to places without enough protective equipment or where they could not self-isolate amid the coronavirus pandemic, a survey
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Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has apologised to a woman who said navigating the social care system with her mother was the most difficult thing she has ever faced in
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The “unfair and woefully out of date” social care sector must be radically reformed but not by making it free for all as part of the NHS, a think tank
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The family of a disabled man say they have been “completely forgotten about” after they were told to source protective equipment for his NHS-funded carers themselves – despite inflated prices
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Thousands of care workers in Wales will pay tax and National Insurance contributions on a £500 bonus given to them for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. First Minister Mark
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Plans to overhaul social care in England and Wales could be stalled due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Government has suggested. Prime Minister Boris Johnson had pledged to announce changes
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One of the UK’s largest care home providers will now give full pay to workers self-isolating as they wait to be tested for coronavirus. HC-One staff members were told of
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A judge has approved a care plan which will allow a man with learning disabilities to meet “friends” he has found in gay chat rooms. Mr Justice Cobb has ruled
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has published its new strategic plan setting out how it will support the continuing development and professionalism of the social service workforce while protecting
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Health and social care workers should be tested “routinely” and on a “mass scale” for coronavirus regardless of whether they have symptoms, according to a panel of experts. Specialists in
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