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New study suggests strong demand for social workers and healthcare staff

By Alan Jones, Reporter28th April 2025News England

Demand for social workers and healthcare staff including nurses has driven an increase in job vacancies, according to a new study. Jobs site Adzuna said the trend has coupled with

NHS staff fatigue factor in patient harm and deserves urgent attention – report

By Storm Newton, Reporter24th April 2025News England

Exhausted NHS staff are putting themselves and patients at risk, an investigation has found. Excessive workloads, long shifts of 12 hours or more and inadequate breaks are among the factors

Unison urges NHS staff in Scotland to accept ‘guaranteed’ pay offer split over two years

By The Press Association15th April 2025News Scotland

A union has urged NHS staff to accept a “guaranteed” 8% pay increase split over two years. Thousands of NHS staff represented by Unison have been urged to accept a

New data reveals visa applications for key routes to UK drop by 37% in a year

By Anahita Hossein-Pour and Ian Jones, Reporters10th April 2025News England

The number of migrants applying for key visa routes to the UK has dropped by more than third in a year, data shows. Applications covering a total of 772,200 people

NHS staff intimidated and fearful of harassment, union claims

By Alan Jones, Reporter7th April 2025News England

NHS staff are being harassed by members of the public filming them with phones and threatening to post footage online, according to new research. Unison said a survey of thousands

Concerns raised over frontline nursing jobs amid NHS cost savings

By Ella Pickover, Reporter26th March 2025News England

Nursing posts could be at risk due to cost-saving exercises in the NHS, health leaders have suggested. The Government is scrapping NHS England, and local health bodies have been told

Care home workers to meet with ministers after feeling ‘abandoned’ during Covid

By Ryan McDougall, Reporter26th March 2025News Scotland

Health and social care ministers are due to meet with care home workers who feel “abandoned” after Covid. On Thursday, union GMB Scotland’s care home workers will protest outside the

Unions warn about effect on vital services after Chancellor confirms job cuts

By The Press Association24th March 2025News England

Unions have warned that as many as 50,000 people could lose their jobs and vital services could deteriorate after Rachel Reeves confirmed plans to cut Civil Service running costs by

Care workers ‘not paid enough to live on’ says union as charity faces walkout

By Nick Forbes, Reporter18th March 2025News Scotland

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

Home Office cannot be confident of value of skilled worker visa route – watchdog

By Aine Fox, Reporter17th March 2025News England

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