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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

Former PM appeals for Boris Johnson to ‘grasp’ social care reform and reverse aid cuts

By Richard Wheeler and Sophie Morris, Reporters12th May 2021News England

Theresa May urged Boris Johnson to “grasp” social care reform as she made a series of appeals to her successor as Prime Minister. Mr Johnson told MPs he would bring

Engage: If not now, when? The long overdue promise of social care reform

By Anita Charlesworth, Charles Tallack & Hugh Alderwick, The Health Foundation11th May 202111th May 2021Engage

In his first speech as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson promised to ‘fix the crisis in social care once and for all, with a clear plan that we have prepared’. But

Failure to detail long-promised social care reforms in Queen’s Speech a ‘missed opportunity’

By Jemma Crew, Reporter11th May 202111th May 2021News England

The failure to detail long-promised social care reforms in the Queen’s Speech is a “missed opportunity” and the Government must urgently set out how it will deliver its manifesto commitment,

Report: State of the Nation report indicates alarming rise in social care demand – Access Social Care

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter11th May 2021Reports & Resources

Access Social Care, a charity providing free legal advice for people with social care needs, has released their inaugural State of the Nation report which reveals that demand for social

Pandemic has significantly increased older people’s social care needs – charity

By Jemma Crew, Reporter11th May 2021News England

The coronavirus pandemic has significantly increased older people’s social care needs, with about one in four finding it harder to carry out everyday activities, a survey suggests. Some 23% of

Local government chiefs warn failure to act on social care reform ‘will be bitter blow for millions’

By Jemma Crew, Reporter10th May 2021News England

A failure to act on long-promised social care reform will be a “bitter blow” for care staff and the millions they help, councils have warned. The Local Government Association (LGA)

Government should put 1p on taxes to fund NHS and social care, experts say

By Jane Kirby, Reporter7th May 2021News England

The Government should put 1p on income tax, national insurance and VAT to secure the future of the NHS and social care, 33 health and political experts have said. The

Kings Fund report highlights urgent need for reform to halt ‘deep decline’ of adult social care

By Jemma Crew, Reporter6th May 2021News England

More people are requesting social care but fewer are getting the help they need, according to a report calling for urgent reform to halt the sector’s “deep decline”. Around 120,000

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