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Glasgow City Council workers to stage two-day strike in row over equal pay

By The Press Association3rd October 2018News Scotland

Thousands of Glasgow City Council workers will stage a two-day strike later this month in a row over equal pay claims. More than 8,000 members of the GMB and Unison

Deaf people in Wales not getting the care they are entitled to, charity says

By Iain MacDonald3rd October 2018News Wales

More than two years since the Social Services and Wellbeing Act came in to force, the charity Action on Hearing Loss Cymru says many people who are deaf or have

Report calls for councils to reach out to carers before they reach ‘brink of a crisis’

By Jennifer Cockerell1st October 2018News England

More needs to be done to help the UK’s seven million carers and improve the current system that waits for them to ask for help, which is usually when they

Hancock attempts to ease NHS winter pressures with extra £240M social care fund

By David Hughes1st October 2018News England

An emergency £240 million will be pumped into the social care system to ease pressure on the NHS this winter. Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock will use his

Doctors warn further cuts to hospital beds could have an ‘adverse effect’ on care

By The Press Association26th September 2018News Scotland

Further cuts in the number of beds in Scotland’s hospitals could have an “adverse effect” on the care provided, a doctors’ organisation has warned. Professor Derek Bell, the president of

Adult social care vacancy rate rises to 8% with 110,000 unfilled posts in England

By Ella Pickover24th September 2018News England

There are around 110,000 unfilled posts in the adult social care workforce in England, according to a new report. The majority of vacancies, 76,000, are for hands-on care workers, according

£800M reduction in public health budgets ‘incredibly short-sighted and devastating’

By Jennifer Cockerell21st September 2018News England

More than eight out of 10 councils are being forced to reduce their public health budgets this year following £96 million in “devastating” Tory health cuts, the Labour Party has

Call to assess health of millions of unpaid carers to prevent system ‘collapse’

By David Hughes20th September 2018News England

Millions of unpaid carers are putting their own health at risk to look after loved ones, council leaders have warned. The Local Government Association (LGA) and charity Carers UK said

Call for social care professionals in Wales to contribute to revised practice guidance

By Iain MacDonald20th September 2018News Wales

Social Care Wales have issued a call for your views on changes to the practice guidance for social workers, social care managers and residential child care managers. The practice guidance

Charity calls on Chancellor to address ‘unaffordable’ care costs facing MS patients

By Ella Pickover18th September 2018News England

Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are facing soaring care costs, with many unable to pay for the care they need, a charity has warned. The MS Society has estimated that

Whitehall ‘group think’ and inter-departmental ‘open warfare’ slammed by vaccine tsar

Home Secretary announces inquiry into how Rudakubana ‘came to be so dangerous’

Southport killer Rudakubana referred to anti-extremism programme before attack

Pair who took own lives in Polmont ‘given death sentence’, families’ lawyer says