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Javid confirms NHS and social care staff in England must have mandatory Covid vaccinations

By Jane Kirby, Ella Pickover and Jemma Crew, Reporters9th November 2021News England

Frontline NHS workers and social care staff will need to have Covid-19 vaccinations in England to continue in their jobs, the Health Secretary has announced. In a Commons statement, Sajid

Mandatory vaccine deadline for care home workers ‘should be extended’ amid fears of exodus

By Jemma Crew, Reporter4th November 2021News England

The Government has said it expects its mandatory vaccination policy to help reduce shortages from care home staff being off due to coronavirus, ahead of a feared exodus next week.

‘No better time to be a care worker’, as Government launch five month recruitment campaign

By Jemma Crew, Reporter3rd November 2021News England

The Government has launched a recruitment campaign to fill more than 100,000 empty roles in England’s social care sector. A TV advert and social media campaign will tell the public

Senior council officials warn ministers of ‘grave error’ in plans for new National Care Service

By The Press Association2nd November 20212nd November 2021News Scotland

Including services such as adult social care and community justice in the proposed new National Care Service would be a “grave error”, ministers have been warned. The organisation Solace, which

Engage: ‘I’m embarrassed by my ignorance when I thought I’d understood’ – Ed Balls on social care

By Danielle de Wolfe, Reporter2nd November 2021Engage

Ed Balls has held a myriad of job titles over the course of his career. But while a decade serving as a Labour MP culminated in his appointment as shadow

Engage: Why focusing on retention is key for the future of social care

By Jim Thomas, Skills for Care29th October 2021Engage

The latest Skills for Care data estimates that for the adult social care workforce to grow proportionally to the projected number of people aged 65 and over, an extra 490,000

Social care providers ‘left out in the cold’ by lack of measures in Budget, sector leaders warn

By Jemma Crew, Reporter28th October 2021News England

Social care providers will be “left out in the cold” this winter by a lack of measures in the Budget to address the sector’s growing crisis, groups have warned. English

Call for significant social care funds to tackle immediate pressures and help clear NHS backlog

By Jemma Crew, Reporter27th October 2021News England

The NHS backlog will take longer to clear without extra funding for social care in this week’s Budget, bodies representing councils and healthcare groups have warned. The social care sector

County councils warn against national service as social care needs ‘good, local knowledge’

By Jemma Crew, Reporter26th October 2021News England

Council bosses have warned against the creation of a national care service, telling MPs it is “not the way forward” to solve the sector’s problems. They also said the Government’s

Engage: Valuing the social care profession is key to bridging the skills gap

By Rob Finney, Tristone Healthcare26th October 202126th October 2021Engage

A recent survey by the Independent Children’s Homes Association (ICHA) has revealed that recruitment and retention in the sector is ‘horrific’. While the tone and sentiment of the report is

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