Staff shortages pose ‘single biggest risk’ to quality of NHS care
Patient safety and quality of care are at risk due to a workforce gap in the NHS, health leaders have said. Workforce concerns have become the “single biggest risk facing
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Leading think tanks warn NHS needs £4bn injection as funding falls to historic low
NHS funding will be at one of the lowest rates in its history, leading think tanks have said as they called for a multi-billion pound cash injection for the health
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Scottish Social Services Awards 2018 officially open for entries next month
The Scottish Social Services Awards 2018 will officially open for entries next month. People working in social services across Scotland are being encouraged to start planning their entries now by
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Nursing chief calls for improved NHS care for homeless people this winter
The boss of a nursing body has called on the Government to address a perceived lack of NHS care for homeless people ahead of the winter. Janet Davies, chief executive
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NHS heading into winter on knife-edge as report warns of declining standards of care
The NHS is heading into winter on a knife edge as half of NHS trust finance directors think patient care in their area has got worse over the past year,
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Middlesex initiative aims to improve standards in social care and training of social workers
Middlesex University has this week launched the North London Social Work Teaching Partnership, a national project funded by the Department for Education in order to build excellence in social work
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‘Fast track’ care service for terminally ill people ‘not working quickly enough’
Terminally ill patients could be dying in hospitals due to delays with a “fast track” service aimed at helping people receive care outside of hospital, a new report suggests. The
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Vale of Glamorgan social worker suspended for one year for placing children at risk
A social worker has been suspended for one year after a fitness to practise hearing found his fitness to practise was impaired because of his repeated failings. The hearing heard
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Health & social care leaders use Budget appeal to warn services in ‘precarious condition’
Millions of people are facing “unacceptable delays and difficulty” accessing care, health leaders have warned as they called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to address the situation in next month’s Budget.
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Inspectors praise services for children and young people in Inverclyde, report
Inverclyde is leading the way in involving children, young people and their families in designing good quality services. Families across the area are benefitting from joined up services which have
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