The UK government is recruiting a volunteer army for social care, to help with the sector’s record-high vacancy rate. There are currently a staggering 165,000 open posts, representing 10.7% of
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The Government is expected to announce a recruitment drive seeking volunteers to carry out social care work amid staff shortages in the sector. Members of the public will be encouraged
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Nurses in Wales have begun a fresh wave of strikes amid a bitter dispute over pay. The Royal College of Nursing said its members would walk out on June 6
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Health workers in Wales have voted to accept a pay offer from the Welsh Government. Members of the GMB union backed the offer by 65% on a turnout of 60%.
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The majority of people think care workers should be paid the same as pharmacy assistants and some other NHS workers, according to research by an organisation working to support people
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The social care minister has said she wants to see workers in the sector rewarded as she was questioned about the decision to halve previously promised workforce funding. Helen Whately
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The Government must clamp down on homecare companies that do not pay staff for travel time between house visits, ministers have been told. Labour MP Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree) called
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Staff at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will strike on Tuesday in a long-running dispute over pay. Members of Unison, Unite and the Public and Commercial Services union will walk
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Physiotherapists in England have voted to accept the Government’s pay offer. Members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) backed the deal by 65% on a turnout of 60%. The
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Scottish council workers have threatened to walk out in their battle for higher wages after they rejected a pay deal. Unison said on Wednesday 87% of its local authority workers
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