A recent survey by the Independent Children’s Homes Association (ICHA) has revealed that recruitment and retention in the sector is ‘horrific’. While the tone and sentiment of the report is
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Social care staff are taking up roles in tourism and hospitality and urgent action is needed to prevent a “tsunami of unmet need” rippling across essential services this winter, the
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The social care sector will benefit from a £162.5 million fund to help recruit and keep staff, the Government has announced. Local authorities will be able to apply for cash,
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The health service in England has launched its annual recruitment drive after experiencing one of its busiest ever summers. There are now 1.3 million people working in the NHS, an
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The Government is being urged to take action to tackle a staffing crisis in the care sector because of “chronic” underfunding. Unison and the National Care Forum (NCF) have written
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A new NHS training centre could make an immediate impact to tackle the staffing crisis in the Scottish health service ahead of a “really, really difficult winter”, Humza Yousaf has
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Racial inequalities in the mental health system will remain unless more psychiatrists are recruited, experts have warned. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said that while the Government has proposed welcome
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One of the UK’s biggest social care charities, Community Integrated Care (CIC), has announced a £5 million investment in employee pay, reward and wellbeing – including a new basic hourly
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The care sector is struggling to recruit and retain staff, as England enters the next phase of its COVID-19 recovery. So why are care workers leaving the sector in droves,
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Job vacancies in adult social care in England are above pre-pandemic levels, a report has found. The sector’s vacancy rates fell during the pandemic but have risen steadily since May
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