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Study suggests new-found appreciation of social care careers as job applications increase

By Alan Jones, Reporter25th May 2021New To Care

Applications for social care jobs have increased as the pandemic has improved people’s perceptions of working in the sector, new research has suggested. A new-found appreciation for carers could help

Duke and Duchess visit social care project tackling issues around crime and addiction

By Tony Jones, Reporter24th May 202124th May 2021News Scotland

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have spoken to recovering drug addicts who have returned to the streets to help support those who have suffered near-fatal overdoses. William and Kate

Compulsory care worker vaccination likely to backfire on sector, union warns

By Alan Jones, Reporter24th May 2021News England

Forcing care workers to have a coronavirus vaccine is likely to backfire because they could still turn down a jab if they have been threatened or not given advice by

DHSC launch new award to recognise exceptional practice in the adult social care workforce

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter20th May 2021News England

The exceptional efforts of the social care workforce will be recognised through a new award launched by the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care. Professor Deborah Sturdy (pictured) has outlined

Son of dementia sufferer tells of ‘kafka-esque’ bureaucracy of trying to secure social care funding

By Jemma Crew, Reporter18th May 2021News England

The son of a nursing home resident with dementia who had to sell her home to pay for her care has criticised the “kafka-esque” bureaucracy around trying to get financial

Charity report ‘shocking’ failures in dementia care with avoidable hospital admissions set to spiral

By Jane Kirby, Reporter17th May 2021News England

The number of people with dementia admitted to hospital when it could be avoided is set to spiral, a charity has warned. Figures from the Alzheimer’s Society, based on a

Call for Covid jab to be condition of employment for frontline health workers

By Ella Pickover, Reporter13th May 2021News England

Employment for frontline healthcare workers should be “conditional” on Covid-19 vaccination, according to an article in a medical journal. The piece published in the Journal of Medical Ethics suggests that

Health and care workers pressured to get vaccine ‘more likely to refuse’ jab – early research suggests

By Jemma Crew, Reporter12th May 2021News England

Health and care workers who feel under pressure from their employers to get a coronavirus vaccine are more likely to decline a jab, early research suggests. Feeling pressurised often exacerbated

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

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