More than one million adults across Scotland have experienced levels of anxiety stopping them from living their daily lives, new research from the Mental Health Foundation has shown. Polling of
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Momentum for reform social care in England after the sector suffered during the pandemic risks being lost due to Government delays, a new report has warned. Now is a “pivotal
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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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A senior MP has accused police of giving the “green light” to internet trolls after a vexatious complaint made by a man online saw her subjected to a social services
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Theresa May has warned more people will be left in slavery in the UK by Government reforms aimed at deterring migrants from crossing the English Channel. The Conservative former prime
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Health Secretary Steve Barclay has become the latest minister to face bullying allegations, with officials from his department having reportedly “raised concerns” about his conduct towards staff. The Guardian reported
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The care sector is facing a workforce shortage that is “getting worse”, a Lib Dem MP has warned, as she called for a “coherent strategy” on recruitment and retention. Helen
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The Welsh Government has formally apologised for the heartbreak caused by forced adoptions during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Deputy social services minister Julie Morgan made the apology in the
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The Government is “happy to see hundreds of thousands of operations cancelled” so it can blame junior doctors for NHS waiting lists not falling, Labour has claimed. Shadow health secretary
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