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Innovative dementia learning event to tour Northern Ireland in March

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter21st February 2020News Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) in partnership with the Public Health Agency have announced they are bringing the Virtual Dementia Tour to Northern Ireland. Facilitated by Training 2 Care

New To Care: Mental Health Team Leader Kim talks ’emotional resilience and incredible transformations’

By Laura McKellar, Reporter21st February 2020New To Care

Mental Health Team Leader Kim McGinley doesn’t sugarcoat the challenges she faces in her role, but even allowing for the ‘peaks & troughs’, she insists a career in adult social

New To Care: Supporting people make positive life changing decisions is ‘feeling that never fades’

By Laura McKellar, Reporter20th February 202020th February 2020New To Care

We caught up with Kelly Innes, Mental Health Team Leader, at with YOU in Edinburgh about her role and why you should consider a career in adult social care. Kelly

Labour brands new immigration system ‘meaningless’ due to number of exemptions

By Harriet Line and Tess De La Mare, Reporters19th February 2020News England

The Government’s new post-Brexit immigration system will need so many exemptions it will be “meaningless”, Labour has claimed. Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott criticised the plan, which seeks to lower

Government warned new immigration rules could ‘spell absolute disaster for the care sector’

By Flora Thompson, Reporter19th February 2020News England

Changes to the UK’s immigration rules could “spell absolute disaster” for the care system and risk farmers, builders and hospitality businesses being hit the hardest, industry leaders have warned. The

Care workers sleeping on overnight shifts should get minimum wage, Supreme Court told

By Sian Harrison, Reporter12th February 2020News England

Carers who have to sleep at their workplace in case they are needed overnight are ready to work and should be paid minimum wage for their whole shift, Supreme Court

Services for older people in Scottish Borders improving, follow-up inspection reveals

By Laura McKellar, Reporter12th February 2020News Scotland

Services for older people in the Scottish Borders are improving, say inspectors after a follow-up inspection by Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Care Inspectorate. A 2017 inspection had identified some

Miles Apart: The Inadequacy Of Social Care Funding – Care England

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter11th February 2020Reports & Resources

Latest Care England Freedom of Information analysis has again highlighted the underfunding of independent sector care homes when juxtaposed with those fees paid to state-run homes. Care England, the largest

Eden Futures launches new apprentice support worker scheme in Midlands

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter6th February 2020New To Care

A new scheme offering young people the opportunity to become health and social care Apprentice Support Workers has been launched by Eden Futures, a specialist provider of support and enablement

Massive pressures on social care has ‘squeezed out spending’ on other services

By Elizabeth Arnold, Reporter6th February 2020News England

“Massive pressures” on social care has “squeezed out spending for all other important services”, a senior Labour MP has warned. Chair of the housing, communities and local government committee Clive

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