Social care staff are taking up roles in tourism and hospitality and urgent action is needed to prevent a “tsunami of unmet need” rippling across essential services this winter, the
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It is “really worrying” that some care homes are reporting that they have not yet been contacted about getting a booster coronavirus vaccine for residents and staff, a social care
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The Government is being urged to take action to tackle a staffing crisis in the care sector because of “chronic” underfunding. Unison and the National Care Forum (NCF) have written
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Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed an easing of care home visiting restrictions, taking effect from today. The Health Minister (pictured) said: “Following the latest review, the restrictions on visiting
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Care homes must not be “lined up as a scapegoat” in the forthcoming national inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic, a group representing the sector has warned. Independent Care Homes Scotland
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More than a third of care home residents in England were paying for some or all of the care before the coronavirus pandemic, figures show. Some 36.7% of care home
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The care sector is struggling to recruit and retain staff, as England enters the next phase of its COVID-19 recovery. So why are care workers leaving the sector in droves,
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Job vacancies in adult social care in England are above pre-pandemic levels, a report has found. The sector’s vacancy rates fell during the pandemic but have risen steadily since May
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A former care home manager has avoided prison following the death of a dementia patient after she was put into a scalding bath. Frances Norris, 93, died on February 8
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A former worker at a nursing home where a dementia patient died after being placed into a scalding hot bath said he was labelled a “troublemaker” for raising safety issues.
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