Unions anger as health workers’ pay pegged at 1%
The Government has been accused of “taking a scalpel” to the pay of health workers by refusing to give an across the board wage rise. Increases of 1% will be
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Burnham lays into coalition as MPs pass clause 119 of Care Bill
The Government have ripped up the coalition commitment to localism in the NHS by voting through sweeping powers for ministers to close hospitals, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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HSCIC Report : Children admitted to adult mental health wards ‘rising’
The number of under-18s admitted to adult mental health wards or treated on them is rising, figures show. Despite government pledges that the practice would be stamped out by 2010,
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Parents face 40% increase in childcare costs
The average family will be spending two fifths of their disposable income on childcare in 10 years time, a charity has claimed. Childcare is one of the biggest challenges for
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20% cut to mental health funding ‘disturbing and deeply disappointing’
Lives will be put at risk by cuts to NHS funding for mental health services, experts and doctors have warned. In a letter to the Guardian newspaper, the Royal College
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Failure to fund could jeopardise social care reforms
Essential social care reforms designed to improve the lives of older people, carers, and disabled people could be jeopardised if the Government fails to fund them properly, local government leaders
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Devon youth workers being made ‘scapegoats’, as 170 jobs face axe
Plans by Devon county council to press ahead with up to 170 youth worker job losses were condemned by union Unite. Unite said that its members were being made ‘scapegoats’
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Labour appeals over Care Bill ‘at risk’ services
Labour is appealing for Tory and Liberal Democrat MPs to help block measures it says will give ministers sweeping powers to close hospitals. Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said clause
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Labour plans to extend job guarantee plan
Labour’s flagship jobs guarantee would be in place throughout the next Parliament, paid for by a bank bonus tax and a squeeze on high-earners’ pension pots, the party said. The
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Social workers to be placed in Norfolk’s schools
A new six-month pilot will see social workers going into Norfolk schools to target needy children. The six-month pilot is designed as a preventative measure to cut the number of
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