New research estimates more than 500,000 adults are waiting for social care in England. The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (Adass) said it is a major increase on
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A new online application portal has launched to enable special recognition payments to be made to social care Personal Assistants who worked during the pandemic. Launching the online portal which
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The Scottish Conservatives have set out proposals for a Local Care Service, presenting it as an alternative to the Scottish Government’s planned National Care Service. It comes after the party’s
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Nurses must be given more cash for soaring petrol prices otherwise patient care could suffer, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said. The union is calling on Chancellor Rishi
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Council workers are to walk out over an equal pay dispute in two days of strike action that a union said will affect home care, schools and other services. Unison
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Around one in 25 people in the UK working in social care, teaching and education were likely to have been self-isolating because of Covid-19 at the end of last month,
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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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The number of home care staff in England has dropped by more than 17,000 since the Government launched its consultation on mandatory coronavirus vaccination, figures suggest. There were 406,365 domiciliary
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Tens of thousands of health and social care staff in England remain unvaccinated ahead of a deadline next week for frontline workers to get their first jab, figures suggest. Frontline
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A company that provides care at home is aiming to more than double its staff this year by recruiting one new worker for each day of 2022. Scottish firm HRM
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