The NHS Chief Scientist Office is working with the Health Research Authority and other devolved administrations in developing a new UK policy framework for health and social care research. Currently
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A lack of national leadership and clear planning is preventing the wider change urgently needed if Scotland’s health and social care services are to adapt to increasing pressures. The increasing
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Cuts to funding in social care are putting patients’ well-being at risk, a group of doctors’ leaders have said. The representatives of royal medical colleges and societies have said that
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The Social Care Commitment is now even easier for social care employers and their employees to sign as whole organisations. Employers can now sign up their employees without the use
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A high-profile campaign to ensure the public knows exactly what standards they can expect from social care workers in Wales has been launched. The ‘Our Code is Not a Secret’
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Hundreds of thousands of older people in Britain are facing a “double whammy” of unmet care needs and being chronically lonely, a charity has warned. Age UK said there were
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Over the past week, Northern Ireland Health Minister Simon Hamilton has announced several multi-million pound investments which he hopes will have a major impact on areas such as waiting lists
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BASW is seeking practitioners’ views on one of the biggest issues facing social workers in England today – the integration of health and social care. The Association wants the voice
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Sue Evans has been appointed the new Chief Executive of the Care Council for Wales. She is currently Chief Officer, Social Care and Housing, at Torfaen County Borough Council, and
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Health Secretary Shona Robison has set out the blueprint for health and social care in Scotland over the next 10 to 15 years. Ms Robison, along with senior clinicians, has
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