Three people have been arrested on suspicion of modern slavery offences following police operations at care homes in South Wales. Gwent Police are investigating allegations that some staff at Danygraig
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Politicians have been urged to invest more money in childcare as figures indicate hundreds of nurseries and childminders are closing. Early years leaders said there will be a “genuine childcare
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Health visitors have voted to stage fresh strikes in a long-running dispute over pay. Members of the Unite union in Lincolnshire backed industrial action by 2-1, threatening an escalation of
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (Social Care Council) and the Ulster University will tour NI with Experience ‘IT’ – a social care tech tour promoting technology as an enabler
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Cancer patients are too afraid to ask for support because they are worried about adding to the workload of overstretched NHS staff, a charity fears. More than two thirds of
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A growing shortage of skilled children’s palliative care doctors and nurses across England has reached crisis point, a new report from Together for Short Lives reveals. The charity says the
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More than £200 million is lying unused by cash-strapped health trusts in England because of restrictions in the Government’s apprenticeship levy scheme, a study suggests. Unison said figures based on
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A new study released by job board CV-Library, ahead of World Mental Health Day, reveals that 21.5% of social care professionals are too afraid to tell their employer that they’re
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A Tory MP and nurse has warned of the “high vacancy rate” as she called on the Government to establish legally enforceable nursing staffing levels in the NHS in England.
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Public commitment in the NHS risks being put “on the line” without greater transparency about the challenges it faces, a new report warns. Research by NHS Providers, the body representing
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