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Engage: What makes a job meaningful and why that matters

By Andrew Bryce, University of Sheffield19th April 2021Engage

One of the most iconic memories of the first lockdown of the pandemic is the sound of applause echoing across our cities and towns each week as the people of

Engage: How pandemic responses neglected disabled people’s rights

By Vera Kubenz, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham19th April 2021Engage

The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on disabled people, who make up six out of ten COVID-19 related deaths in the UK, according to the Office of National Statistics.

SNP announce £3.3bn health and social care boost as Sturgeon unveils ‘transformational’ manifesto

By Katrine Bussey and Craig Paton, Reporters15th April 2021News Scotland

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled her party’s “transformational” manifesto, but said she could go further if Scotland was independent. She outlined a £2.5 billion increase in NHS spending in

Engage: Care homes – why investment firms can be bad owners

By Christine Corlet Walker12th April 202112th April 2021Engage

The ailing social care system in England is due to be reformed as part of plans being announced in the Queen’s Speech in May. The most prominent issue is long-term

Engage: Post-COVID recovery plans must centre around care work – here’s why

By Valerie Bryson, Emerita Professor of Politics, University of Huddersfield12th April 2021Engage

The pandemic has highlighted just how vital care workers are to society. But the people who work in this sector have been neglected for too long. It is time politicians

Home Office announces one-year visa extensions for health and care workers

By 9th April 2021News England

Thousands of frontline health workers and their families will be granted visa extensions, the Home Office has announced. One-year visa extensions will be automatically granted free of charge to eligible

Scotland’s Health Secretary admits pandemic mistakes and failure to understand social care sector

By Douglas Barrie, Reporter9th April 2021News Scotland

Scotland’s outgoing Health Secretary has admitted moving patients back from hospitals into care homes during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic was a “mistake”. Jeane Freeman (pictured) said the

Webwatch: Care provider launches app-based training platform using simulated care environments

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter8th April 2021Webwatch

Newcross Healthcare has launched Newcross World, a new app-based training platform with simulated working environments on the healthcare provider’s established HealthForceGo app, currently used by 8,500 staff. The new app

Delayed discharges in Scottish hospitals fall slightly, remaining below pre-pandemic levels

By The Press Association7th April 2021News Scotland

Delayed discharges from Scottish hospitals dropped slightly in February, remaining below pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest figures. In February 2021, the average number of beds occupied per day due

Scottish Labour and SNP set out election policies to improve care for elderly

By The Press Association1st April 2021News Scotland

The SNP and Scottish Labour have set out their policies to improve care for the elderly, ahead of the Scottish Parliament election. Nicola Sturgeon’s party has pledged to abolish charges

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