A ground-breaking report from Community Integrated Care (CIC) has found that many frontline social care workers are undervalued by as much as 39% – nearly £7000 per year – in
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When it comes to making decisions, you may turn to your own experience, talking with a colleague, or a simple gut instinct, but another tool to support effective decision making
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Domiciliary care services continued to grow during the pandemic according to data from Skills for Care’s latest ‘The size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in
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Government advisers are to investigate the effect ending freedom of movement after Brexit is having on the social care sector and its workers. Home Office minister Kevin Foster wrote to
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The Queen has awarded the George Cross to the National Health Services of the UK, recognising all NHS staff in all four nations. In a personal, handwritten message, the Queen
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Around one in four staff in older adult care homes in England eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine have not had both jabs, new figures suggest. A total of 73.9%
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A man has been arrested after ambulance crews were assaulted while they were working in Ayr. Paramedics were subjected to abusive behaviour shortly before 11pm on Tuesday night at an
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An NHS hospital which upgraded the type of face masks used by staff on Covid-19 wards saw a dramatic fall in hospital-acquired coronavirus infections among those workers, by up to
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Some £8 million will be spent on supporting the wellbeing of health and social care staff, which is a “critical priority” for the Scottish Government. The funding boost, an extra
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A Canadian health worker who has cared for dying Covid-19 patients and their families has been told her visa to stay in the UK will not be extended, her MP
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