Care homes in England are warning they may have to close, as the sector’s longstanding staffing crisis faces further trouble due to changes in immigration policy. The latest official migration
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Fixing social care must be part of any plan to build an NHS for the future, the Prime Minister has said, but he declined to give further detail on the
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We hear from Oonagh Smyth, CEO of Skills for Care, on how their ‘Driving change in social care’ campaign hopes to promote the Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care. The
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Scotland’s Finance Secretary Shona Robison has announced up to £500 million of spending cuts as she insisted “urgent action” was needed to ensure the Government can balance its budget for
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A cap on social care costs which was delayed by the Tories will not be taken forward by the new Labour Government as it was “undeliverable”, a minister has said.
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The Government has branded the NHS hospital discharge system “broken” as a survey revealed almost a fifth of care providers across the UK reported weeks-long waiting times for people to
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A ban on international care workers bringing dependants to the UK has been branded “brutal” and blamed for cutting a “lifeline of overseas staff” after new data showed a sharp
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A council said it has “robust” contingency plans in place to deal with a strike by adult social care workers. Members of the Unison union in Lancashire are taking industrial
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Former first minister Mark Drakeford has returned to the Welsh Government as health secretary. He was appointed by Eluned Morgan, who was sworn in as First Minister of Wales on
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Stormont health minister Mike Nesbitt has said he is “saddened and appalled” that healthcare staff are left feeling vulnerable after violent scenes in Belfast in recent days. Businesses were targeted
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