Unions representing social care staff are calling for an urgent meeting with ministers to discuss the workforce “crisis” in the sector. The TUC and officials from Unison, Unite and the
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UK hospices are facing a funding crisis and will need to find an extra £120m to match the NHS pay offer to staff, chief executives have warned. The charity Hospice
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The NHS could make “significant dents” in plugging workforce shortages by working “smarter” and more efficiently, its chief strategy officer has said. Chris Hopson said more staff were needed but
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Social care is facing a “very, very distressing situation”, the Archbishop of York has told Parliament as he urged Government action to tackle the crisis. Speaking at Westminster, the Most
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A senior Tory MP is being investigated by Parliament’s Standards Commissioner over paid advocacy and declaration of an interest. Steve Brine (pictured), the current chairman of the Commons Health Committee,
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There will only be 1,000 childminders left in England by 2035, the Conservative chairman of the Education Select Committee has said. Robin Walker sounded the warning as the Commons debated
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The standard of patient care in the NHS has fallen, staff have said in a huge survey, with more workers now unhappy and wanting to leave their jobs. The NHS
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A shortage of neurology staff in the NHS is preventing people with multiple sclerosis (MS) from accessing cutting-edge treatments, a charity has said. The MS Society said overstretched staff are
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A new expert group has been set up to improve working conditions for nurses and midwives. Chaired by Scotland’s Health Secretary Humza Yousaf, the Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce will develop
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The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is embarking on the second phase of a major campaign to recruit new registered childminders in urban and rural areas to help establish childminding places
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