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New research shines light on emotional and physical effects of pandemic on care home workers

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter7th March 2022News Scotland

There is a “moral obligation” to provide more psychological support to care home staff as they continue to live with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. That is the conclusion

Scottish Labour to propose free residential care for those aged over 65

By Craig Paton, Reporter4th March 2022News Scotland

Scots aged over 65 would receive free residential care under a Scottish Labour government, leader Anas Sarwar will say at his party’s conference. Under the party’s plans, health consequentials provided

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).