Care Appointments

Government urged to act after homecare workers ‘major victory’ in four-year legal battle over pay

By Alan Jones, Reporter15th September 2020News England

The Government is being urged to step in to help end the practice of employers not paying care staff for time spent travelling between visits to the sick and elderly

BMA calls for urgent social care investment after system ‘almost destroyed’ during pandemic

By Aine Fox, Reporter11th September 2020News England

Social care in England must be urgently reformed after the Covid-19 pandemic coupled with a chronic lack of investment “threatened to break an already fragile system”, a doctors’ union has

Series of ‘injustices’ embedded in social care system but pandemic delayed reform, Hancock

By Joe Gammie, Reporter9th September 2020News England

A series of “injustices” are embedded in the current social care system but long-term funding and reform plans have been delayed by coronavirus, the Health Secretary has said. Matt Hancock

Autistic people left ‘completely stranded’ with lockdown deepening well-established inequalities

By Catherine Wylie, Reporter7th September 2020News England

Autistic people and their families have been left “completely stranded” during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report which describes the impact as “devastating”. The National Autistic Society said the

TUC urge Government to fix ‘badly underfunded and broken’ social care system

By Alan Jones, Reporter7th September 2020News England

The Government is being urged to invest in the “badly underfunded” social care system after new research suggested annual spending was hundreds of millions of pounds lower than a decade

NSPCC ‘extremely concerned’ as councils report referrals to children’s services fall by nearly a fifth

By Jess Glass, Reporter7th September 2020News England

The number of children referred to social care services for support fell by nearly a fifth during the height of the lockdown, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. Figures

Show our appreciation for health and care staff by granting indefinite leave to remain, MP says

By Elizabeth Arnold, Reporter2nd September 20202nd September 2020News Scotland

Granting indefinite leave to remain to health and social care staff would “send out a message that we recognise, value and appreciate the work that so many people have done

Nicola Sturgeon announces plan for ‘lasting and high-quality’ National Care Service

By Tom Eden, Reporter1st September 2020News Scotland

Nicola Sturgeon has announced a review of adult social care with the aim of creating a National Care Service in Scotland. The First Minister said the service could be a

Key workers risking mental and physical health to hold down their jobs, new report warns

By Alan Jones, Reporter31st August 2020Career Advice

Almost three out of five key workers, such as those in the NHS and care sector, are risking their mental and physical health to hold down their jobs, a new

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