This week the government All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Care released a report on the professionalisation of Social Care workers. The report reiterates what UNISON have been saying for
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The social care sector in England has a “disastrous” staffing black hole, with more than 75,000 vacant roles, new research suggests. A study by the GMB union for care workers
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The adult social care sector is being urged by the Minister for Care to back the next phase of a recruitment campaign launched by the Department of Health and Social
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It is widely acknowledged that Britain has a social care crisis. In recent months, this too often hidden issue has burst into the mainstream media and justifiably so. Few would
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A cross-party group of MPs is calling for a national care body to be introduced which would put care workers in England on equal footing with NHS staff. The social
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An independent mental health hospital which inspectors said “fell short of standards of care and treatment” has been rated inadequate and put in special measures. The Woodhouse Independent Hospital, run
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The Scottish Government is facing a significant challenge to increase the number of people working in GP surgeries, says the public spending watchdog. In their new report ‘NHS workforce planning
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Health union leaders have joined forces to issue a strong warning that a no-deal Brexit could “devastate” the NHS. In a joint statement – signed by 11 organisations including the
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With summer drawing to a near close, a new survey from CV-Library reveals that social care professionals are feeling the effects of the upcoming seasonal change, with one in three
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The number of students accepted on to undergraduate nursing courses in England is “nowhere near” the level needed to meet demand, the Royal College of Nursing has said. Admissions figures
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