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Ambulance crisis caused by more than pandemic, senior surgeon warns of ‘very complex problem’

By Tom Eden, Reporter17th September 2021News Scotland

A majority of the issues in Scotland’s hospitals and the knock-on effect to the ambulance service are not due to Covid, a top surgeon has said. Professor Michael Griffin (pictured),

Call to abandon ‘no jab, no job’ policy as care worker vaccine deadline threatens ‘catastrophic’ staff exodus

By Alan Jones, Reporter16th September 2021News England

Unions are warning of “catastrophic” staff shortages in care homes unless the Government scraps a deadline for workers in the sector to be vaccinated against coronavirus. Unison said ministers should

Social care leaders hit out at 11th hour vaccine exemption allowing care home staff to ‘self-certify’

By Jemma Crew, Reporter15th September 2021News England

Care home staff in England will be able to temporarily “self-certify” that they are medically exempt from getting a coronavirus vaccine, it has emerged. Pregnant care home workers will also

Engage: Ensuring equality and diversity in social care recruitment and progression

By Tricia Pereira, Skills for Care15th September 202115th September 2021Engage

At Skills for Care promoting and supporting equity and diversity among the social care workforce is crucial not only in the support we provide the sector, but within our own

Vacancy rates across social care adding to mental health crisis facing workforce – Unison

By Alan Jones, Reporter15th September 2021News England

Mounting mental health problems facing workers in social care could worsen because of severe staff shortages, a leading trade union has warned. Unison said its research suggested that a substantial

Engage: The recent funding proposals – A missed opportunity for digital transformation in social care

By Daniel Casson, Care England15th September 2021Engage

The government has put forward proposals for social care funding. Of the £36bn promised from the Health and Social Care levy over the next three years, social care is due

Workforce Development Fund for adult social care employers in England is now open

By Laura McKellar, Reporter14th September 202114th September 2021Education & Training, News England

Skills for Care has announced the Workforce Development Fund (WDF) 2021-22 is now open to adult social care employers in England to support the development of their staff at all

Booster vaccine to be offered to all over 50’s as well as frontline health and social care workers

By Jane Kirby, Ella Pickover and David Hughes, Reporters14th September 2021News England

Booster vaccines are to be offered to people aged 50 and over, those in care homes and frontline health and social care workers. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will be used as

Welsh Government announce £50m funding boost for social care sector

By Rod Minchin, Reporter14th September 2021News Wales

Nearly £50 million is to be invested in Wales’s social care sector, the Welsh Government has announced. Most of the funding will be given to local authorities to help meet

Scottish councils demand ‘transparent conversation’ on costs of National Care Service

By The Press Association13th September 2021News Scotland

Scottish ministers are being urged to come clean on the cost of setting up a new National Care Service and where the money will come to pay for it. Cosla

Net migration drops 20% to 728,000 after hitting record 906,000 in 2023

Urgent need for training to spot and act on sex abuse within families, review finds

Body-in-garden trial told three-year-old died after parents’ ‘breathtaking’ cruelty