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Health, social care, charity and childcare staff among those on Covid-19 ‘essential’ workers list

By Aine Fox, Alison Kershaw, Emma Bowden and Alexander Britton, Reporters20th March 2020News England

Frontline health and social care staff, people involved in food production and delivery, and utility workers are among a list of workers deemed “essential” to the Covid-19 response. The Government

Councils allocated £2.9 billion in social care funding to free up thousands of hospital beds

By 20th March 2020News England

Around 15,000 hospital beds are to be freed up as hospitals brace themselves for an influx of patients with Covid-19. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced that

Praise for social care as Covid-19 guidance issued for NI care home and domiciliary care workers

By Laura McKellar, Reporter18th March 202018th March 2020News Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Chief Social Worker, Sean Holland, has underlined the essential role social care will play in supporting vulnerable people in the weeks and months ahead. Mr Holland also confirmed

Home care providers fear insolvency without urgent Government intervention

By Jemma Crew, Reporter18th March 202018th March 2020News England

Home care providers will struggle to remain solvent without urgent Government support during the “unprecedented” coronavirus emergency, a professional body has warned. The United Kingdom Homecare Association, which represents more

Almost 400,000 zero-hours care workers could face coronavirus sick-pay risks, unions warn

By Harriet Clugston, Reporter13th March 2020News England

Almost 400,000 care workers helping England’s vulnerable and elderly adults are on zero-hours contracts, which unions argue could discourage those infected with coronavirus from staying off work. Activists and the

Omission of social care from the Government’s Budget is ‘astounding’ – Sir Ed Davey

By Elizabeth Arnold and Sophie Morris, Reporters11th March 2020News England

The “omission” of social care from the Government’s Budget is “astounding”, the acting co-Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey has said. Sir Ed (pictured) called for a “care

Budget fails ‘to get social care done’ as sector brands lack of funding ‘hugely disappointing’

By Luke Powell, Reporter11th March 2020News England

Care providers and think thanks have described the lack of additional funding for social care in the Chancellor’s budget as “hugely disappointing”. Despite Rishi Sunak pledging £6 billion to the

Committee launch inquiry to establish ‘agreed figure’ to bridge social care funding gap

By Jemma Crew, Reporter10th March 2020News England

MPs have launched an inquiry to establish how much money the social care sector needs to avoid shortages. The Health and Social Care Committee will look at how much extra

Social care campaign marks first year by challenging misconception of ‘low skilled’ workforce

By Laura McKellar, Reporter3rd March 2020New To Care, News Wales

Social care, early years and childcare employees today came together to mark the first year of the WeCare Wales campaign and challenge the public’s perception of their jobs. They are

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