A&E departments are buckling under the pressure of a social care system that is reaching its “tipping point”, a health watchdog has warned. Some people across the country are receiving
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The quality and safety of care services for elderly and disabled people in England risks being undermined by financial pressures, a watchdog has warned. Data gathered by the Care Quality
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The Care Inspectorate has today published a statistical summary of social work expenditure and activity for Scotland covering the period 2006/7 to 2014/15. It shows that general spending on social
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Skills for Care would like to find out more about the effectiveness and impact of the Finding and keeping workers online resource, and how it has helped you with your
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The past few weeks has seen considerable attention being paid to the value placed on a workforce, which in Scotland, is now in excess of 200,000. One in every thirteen
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Mental health support workers rallied in Bradford City Hall yesterday as part of a two-hour strike against their employer’s attempt to impose “unfair” and “potentially dangerous” new shift patterns. Members
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NHS Digital has published three reports which include the latest statistics on the safeguarding and care of vulnerable adults in England. Safeguarding Adults Annual Report, England 2015-16 contains information about
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The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) has launched its report Above and Beyond which highlights that workload pressures faced by social workers result in 88% of staff working
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A new pilot qualification to better meet the needs of social care workers undertaking a key role in the delivery of social services is launching in Wales. Achieving a consistent
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In February 2016, the Social Work Services Strategic Forum, through the Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser, commissioned a review of the recruitment and retention challenges that the Scottish
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