An £89m Welsh Government fund is providing care closer to home for people of all ages, helping reduce pressure on hospitals and social care services across Wales, the Deputy Minister
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Labour has insisted it is “very happy” to be involved in social care reform talks, as the Health Secretary pledged to provide for both older and younger people. Shadow health
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Efforts to tackle the social care crisis are expected to begin by the end of March as Boris Johnson promised “dignity and security” in old age. The issue is being
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Boris Johnson has vowed to produce a plan for solving the social care crisis within the next 12 months. The Conservative Party’s manifesto had promised only “cross-party” talks on how
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Two competitions which recognised the contributions of social workers and social care workers in Scotland are to merge, it has been announced. The Scottish Social Services Awards (run by the
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The New Year has brought a new Government and it is our earnest hope that it will bring some long-term policy on how we fund and deliver social care. For
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More people will be working on Christmas Day compared to previous years, often without any extra pay, new research has suggested. The TUC estimated that 1,104,000 employees will work on
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Local government officials have welcomed the pre-Christmas confirmation of a spending boost for councils in England – but warned the current way of funding social care was “not sustainable”. Robert
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The Government risks prolonging the social care crisis by holding cross-party talks, a charity said as it accused the Conservatives of leaving people “in the dark”. An additional £1 billion
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Front-line healthcare services need adapting to better support the often chaotic lives of people living rough on the street, according to a new study. The report, which involved researchers spending
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