England’s largest membership body for independent adult social care providers has hit out at a lack of clarity from the Government over its mandatory vaccination policy for care home staff.
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Clearing the NHS backlog could cost almost £17 billion, an independent health charity has said. The Health Foundation said coronavirus “will cast a long shadow over the NHS for many
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Home care providers are refusing to take on hospital patients ready for discharge and those who need help in the community because they do not have enough staff. More than
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Almost 300 new ambulance staff are to be recruited as part of efforts to remobilise the NHS and ensure the service is “ready for the challenges ahead”, Health Secretary Humza
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A new report shows that Scotland’s social work, social care and early years workforce is bigger than ever, employing some 209,690 people, a rise of 1.6% since 2019. The report,
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Chronic staff shortages in the NHS are getting worse, experts have warned, as new figures showed there were 10,000 more vacancies in June than a year ago. NHS Digital data,
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Care workers are earning less than the minimum wage thanks to a “loophole” that means they are not paid for time travelling between visits, Labour has said. The party’s deputy
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Managers fear an “exodus” of social care staff by the autumn due to opposition to mandatory vaccination, Covid burnout and a staffing crisis which is already compromising safe care. Senior
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One of the UK’s largest home care providers has pledged to train up and employ 500 refugees from Afghanistan as carers. Over the next five years Cera aims to recruit,
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New nurses and midwives feel “unprepared and unsupported in first roles”, a union has said. Unison said that more must be done to support these newly qualified workers and students
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