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NHS heading into winter on knife-edge as report warns of declining standards of care

By Helen William3rd November 2017News England

The NHS is heading into winter on a knife edge as half of NHS trust finance directors think patient care in their area has got worse over the past year,

Only one in ten people would benefit from £72,000 social care cap, charity says

By David Hughes3rd November 2017News England

Only one in 10 people in England who fund their social care costs would benefit from a £72,000 cap on the amount they have to pay and a more generous

Warning of social care job losses after announcement on back pay for overnight shifts

By Alan Jones2nd November 2017News England

Care workers will lose their jobs and providers will go bust if the Government does not fund historic liabilities for paying staff on so-called “sleep-in shifts”, local authorities have warned.

Middlesex initiative aims to improve standards in social care and training of social workers

By Iain MacDonald2nd November 2017Education & Training

Middlesex University has this week launched the North London Social Work Teaching Partnership, a national project funded by the Department for Education in order to build excellence in social work

Skills you need to secure a career as a live-in carer

By The Good Care Group1st November 2017New To Care

There is no better option than a career in Live-In Care if you have a natural passion for helping others. As a Live-In Carer, you can experience an unmatched level

Call to contribute to draft practice guidance for domiciliary care workers in Wales

By Iain MacDonald1st November 2017News Wales

Social Care Wales (SCW) want your views on new guidance being developed for domiciliary care workers. Published this week, the draft guidance aims to support and guide domiciliary care workers

McGuire to head up ‘major social care provider’ as charities announce merger

By Iain MacDonald1st November 2017News England

Two charities providing support to people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs, have announced they are to merge. Choice Support and mcch, who will soon operate as Partnership Support

Social care employers given year to identify what they owe care staff for sleep-in shifts

By Alan Jones1st November 2017News England

Social care providers including children’s homes have been given up to a year to identify what they owe workers who were incorrectly paid below the minimum wage for sleep-in shifts.

Health & social care leaders use Budget appeal to warn services in ‘precarious condition’

By Ella Pickover31st October 2017News England

Millions of people are facing “unacceptable delays and difficulty” accessing care, health leaders have warned as they called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to address the situation in next month’s Budget.

Shadow minister calls for action amid ‘growing emergency’ in children’s social care

By Jon Vale30th October 2017News England

Children’s services are in crisis across much of England due to government funding cuts, Labour has said. Shadow communities secretary Andrew Gwynne (pictured) said there was a “growing emergency in

Whitehall ‘group think’ and inter-departmental ‘open warfare’ slammed by vaccine tsar

Home Secretary announces inquiry into how Rudakubana ‘came to be so dangerous’

Southport killer Rudakubana referred to anti-extremism programme before attack

Pair who took own lives in Polmont ‘given death sentence’, families’ lawyer says