Poorer recipients of care, including those in the North of England and in areas with lower house prices, will be hit hardest by proposed changes to the social care cap,
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Only the amount that individuals directly contribute to their social care costs will count towards the lifetime cap announced as part of key reforms earlier this year, according to Government
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Social care staff should be given a bonus to stop them leaving for other jobs, health leaders have said, as they warned the NHS faces the “most difficult winter in
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Players from care homes will join former football stars at a city’s first ever dementia football festival. More than 60 players from eight care homes and projects across Glasgow will
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More than half a million social care staff in England have not been recorded as having received two coronavirus vaccine doses, figures show. Some 542,196 workers in care homes, domiciliary
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A care home boss has backed the new mandatory vaccine rules despite them causing her to lose three staff. Lucy Craig (pictured), who operates three residential and dementia care homes
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Care homes are embroiled in disciplinary proceedings over the Government’s “shambolic” mandatory vaccination policy for staff, further adding to the workforce pressures they face, a care group has said. The
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Tens of thousands of care home staff who have not had both coronavirus vaccine doses will be unable to legally work in care homes from Thursday as the Government’s mandatory
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A care home manager who has lost a sixth of her staff because of the Government’s mandatory vaccination policy has told of the anguish of reading their “heartbreaking” resignation letters.
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Tens of thousands of care home staff in England have not been fully vaccinated against coronavirus and are set to lose their jobs next week, latest figures suggest. Around 89.4%
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