More than 50,000 social care workers in Wales are to get a £1,000 bonus in their pay packets this year, it has been announced. The one-off payment, due in staff
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A care sector boss has said the Government must apologise to care home workers who lost their jobs, following its announcement that it plans to scrap the mandatory vaccine requirement
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Urgent action is needed to change how Scotland’s social care services are delivered so that it meets the needs of people relying on care and support, according to a new
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Limits on visitors to care homes in England will be scrapped from next week as the country moves towards living with coronavirus. From January 31, those living in care homes
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Care home residents who are looked after by agency staff are more likely to catch coronavirus from their carer than those who are looked after by dedicated teams, a study
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An 86-year-old Jewish man who is in the advanced stages of dementia and may have months left to live should move to a Jewish care home, a judge in a
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A former justice secretary has called on the Government to grant his “abiding” wish by reforming the law to help autistic people who are kept in mental health units against
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More than one in 10 care home staff positions in England were unfilled at the end of 2021, figures suggest. The staff vacancy rate “continued to steadily increase” throughout last
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Thousands of care home staff were off work in the last week due to Covid, according to new figures released by the Scottish Labour Party. The data, from Public Health
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New staff joining the social care workforce are to have entry costs paid for by the Scottish Government until the end of March. The scheme, which started on Friday, means
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