Six former health and social care ministers have backed proposals to reform the social care workforce in the absence of long-awaited Government plans. The Future Social Care Coalition (FSCC) put
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Boris Johnson has been warned the “time for excuses is over” as Labour pressed him to urgently bring forward his social care reform plans. Health minister Helen Whately outlined her
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Nursing leaders have lodged a formal trade dispute with the Scottish Government for the first time as a row over pay escalates. Bosses at the Royal College of Nursing in
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Dominic Cummings tried to fast track a £530,000 grant to an external data team at the start of the pandemic – bypassing normal Whitehall procedures, leaked emails suggest. Boris Johnson’s
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Devolution of welfare powers is working well despite “highly regrettable” delays by the Scottish Government taking control of some benefits, the Scottish Affairs Committee has said. The Westminster committee has
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Ministers have insisted that the Government is committed to delivering proposals for social care reform before the end of the year, after MPs were told that a “crucial” meeting on
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An NHS strategy allowing patients greater control over their health and care data is due to be introduced under new proposals, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has
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Social care leaders in England have called on the Government to publish its proposed reforms of the sector before parliament breaks for the summer. In a letter to Prime Minister
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The Government has apologised for “failing” rape victims over years of plunging conviction levels, as it set out plans for a “system and culture change” which will include focusing more
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Scotland’s new children’s minister has said she will meet with campaigners calling for the Government to apologise to women who were forced to give up their babies for adoption. Clare
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