Skills for Care has announced the Workforce Development Fund (WDF) 2021-22 is now open to adult social care employers in England to support the development of their staff at all
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Scottish ministers are being urged to come clean on the cost of setting up a new National Care Service and where the money will come to pay for it. Cosla
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The number of people waiting for social care services has risen by a quarter in three months amid a crisis of rising demand for care at home, staff shortages and
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Social care funding pledged by the Government for the next three years is “nowhere near enough”, sector leaders have said. Some £5.3 billion will go towards social care between 2022-23
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Scotland’s chief nursing officer Amanda Croft is standing down from her role after less than a year. The Scottish Government said she was leaving for personal reasons. Ms Croft (pictured),
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The Serious Fraud Office has launched a fraud and money laundering investigation into care homes entrepreneur Gavin Woodhouse. Investigators will look at investments offered in care homes and hotels between
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Skills for Care has announced the launch a new vision which sets out their strategic aims for adult social care over the next three years. The new strategy sets out
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The incoming NHS boss has said she is “honoured” to be appointed the first female leader in the history of the health service in England. Amanda Pritchard is to become
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The first meeting to establish the values of a National Care Service in Scotland has been held between politicians and people with experience of the social care system. Health Secretary
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A planned £1 billion takeover of Spire Healthcare has collapsed after not enough shareholders backed a bid by rival Ramsay Health Care. Spire’s board had recommended investors vote in favour
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