Some of the most vulnerable people in society are experiencing “lockdown by another name” as care staff shortages mean they are increasingly unable to fully live their lives, a social
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A care group boss has called for the Government to set up an emergency volunteer army for social care amid fears that providers could run out of staff. Mike Padgham,
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A home care chief has called for care workers to be prioritised when coronavirus tests are processed, as it emerged some carers are waiting more than a week for results.Dr
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The NHS’ “reservist” volunteer scheme is set to be rolled out nationwide this year, expanding to 20,000 volunteers recruited. Pilot tests of the NHS Reserve Programme have seen 17,000 reservists
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The Government is to relax immigration rules on care-worker jobs as the social care sector increasingly struggles to attract and keep staff. Care workers will be added to the shortage
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Social care bosses have made an impassioned plea for the public to stay at home “as much as they can”, as the sector experiences a “national emergency”. Vital care is
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Immigration rules on care worker jobs should be relaxed “immediately” to temper “severe and increasing difficulties” the sector is facing with recruitment and retention, Government advisers have said. In its
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Record funding for health and social care in Scotland must be used to deal with “chronic workforce shortages”, doctors have insisted. The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh welcomed Finance
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Job vacancies in the social care sector were more than three times higher last year than in any other form of employment, a report has revealed. The Staff Vacancies In
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Ex-Test and Trace chief Baroness Harding has accused the Government of not being straight about the scale of the workforce crisis facing the NHS. The Conservative peer (pictured), who stepped
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