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Peers demand better workforce planning in health and social care as Government suffer Lords defeat

By Nick Lester, Reporter3rd March 2022News England

Peers have thrown down the gauntlet to the Government in demanding better workforce planning in health and social care, amid warnings of a staffing crisis. Inflicting a defeat on the

Report: Supporting care workers in discussing sexuality and relationships – Learning materials review

By Laura McKellar, Reporter2nd March 2022Reports & Resources

Skills for Care, in collaboration with Supported Loving, Care Quality Commission (CQC), and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), has conducted a learning materials review to provide social

Apology to care home staff for U-turn on mandatory jabs ‘not right thing to do’, care minister

By Jemma Crew, Reporter2nd March 20222nd March 2022News England

Apologising to care home staff following the Government’s U-turn on mandatory vaccination “doesn’t feel like the right thing to do”, the care minister has said. Gillian Keegan (pictured) said the

Mandatory vaccine rules for health and social care staff in England scrapped from mid-March

By Aine Fox, Reporter1st March 2022News England

Health and social care workers in England will no longer be required by law to be vaccinated against Covid-19, after a consultation saw the vast majority of people support the

Report warns social care sector faces extra pressure from unmet need during the pandemic

By Aine Fox, Reporter1st March 2022News England

The social care sector could face extra pressure from the “unmet need” of people who avoided such services during the first and second waves of the pandemic, a report has

Governor of the Bank of England urged to visit care homes and speak to workforce about pay

By Alan Jones, Reporter24th February 2022News England

Union leaders have expressed hopes that the governor of the Bank of England will visit care homes and speak to workers about pay following his appearance before a committee of

Report: Coming Home Implementation – Working Group on Complex Care and Delayed Discharge

By Laura McKellar, Reporter21st February 2022Reports & Resources

Scotland is committed to meeting its Human Rights obligations for people with learning disabilities, which are outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).

Scottish Government pledge action on long hospital stays and out-of-area placements

By Craig Paton, Reporter21st February 202221st February 2022News Scotland

The Scottish Government has said it aims to have “greatly reduced” long hospital stays and out-of-area placements for those with learning difficulties or complex needs by March 2024. In a

Care home group offering £1,000 towards household bills to encourage new applicants

By Jemma Crew, Reporter16th February 2022News England

A care home group is offering to give new carers £1,000 towards their household bills in a bid to fill vacancies and ease their cost of living worries. Saint Cecilia’s

England’s hospitals within hours of running out of some PPE items – Matt Hancock

Minister admits ‘unacceptable’ rise in children subject to Deprivation of Liberty orders

Warning of ‘stark failure’ in social care after children placed in caravan and Airbnb