Care workers ‘not paid enough to live on’ says union as charity faces walkout
Workers at a Scottish care charity have voted to walk out in a dispute over pay, with a union saying care workers are “not paid enough to live on”. The
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Home Office cannot be confident of value of skilled worker visa route – watchdog
The Home Office has made multiple changes to a visa route for skilled workers without fully assessing the impacts and cannot be confident of value for money, a Government spending
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Engage: Managing your service in line with the Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care
Sarah Gilbert, Head of Workforce Strategy, Implementation Unit at Skills for Care, talks about how to manage your care service in line with the Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care’s
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New estimate ‘shows scale of exploitation on Wild West care visa route’
An estimate suggesting thousands of care workers have come to the UK in recent years under sponsors whose licences were later revoked is said to demonstrate the exploitation in a
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‘You’ve got a willy, so you’re a man, innit?’ – Transgender case tribunal barrister
A barrister representing a nurse who objected to sharing a changing room with a transgender doctor has described her legal argument as “you’ve got a willy, so you’re a man,
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NHS shake-up could see central roles halved in ‘radical reduction’, say health officials
The jobs of thousands of health officials are at risk as part of a “radical reduction and reshaping” exercise, NHS leaders have said. The streamlining of roles at NHS England
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More than nine in 10 nurses and midwives ‘suffered physical violence at work’
More than nine in 10 nurses and midwives have suffered physical violence while doing their jobs, new research suggests. A survey of more than 1,000 nursing and midwifery staff revealed
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Adult social care facing ‘doom loop’ amid increased costs – report warns
Higher care provider fees and stretched council budgets are leading to a “doom loop” for adult social care where there is less help available for those in need, a report
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Report highlights retention concern as youngest NHS workers ‘increasingly unhappy’
The NHS’s ability to retain its Gen Z workers has been called into question after new analysis suggests they are “increasingly unhappy” at work. Analysts said that the future of
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SNP ministers told to ‘clear up mess’ on single sex spaces by UK Government
New guidance is needed on single sex spaces because of the “sheer mess” the SNP ministers have created on the issue, Scottish secretary Ian Murray has insisted. Murray said ministers
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