health and social care

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew minimum wage thresholds for foreign worker visas will come into force “within weeks”, the Home Secretary announced on Tuesday. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMinisters are to ban disposable vapes as part of a UK-wide drive to curb youth vaping  Read More.

Reading Time: < 1 minute  It comes amid a surge of cases in children as health officials scramble to battle the outbreak and boost uptake of the…

Reading Time: < 1 minute  Modern slavery is surging in social care since ministers relaxed immigration rules to fill thousands of vacancies, with a growing wave…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt includes a national qualification with £20million earmarked for new apprenticeships.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThree carers who inflicted “horrendous” abuse on vulnerable adults in a London care home have been jailed for a minimum of 18 months….

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn Teun Toebes’s small bedroom is a pub-style peanut dispenser, coffee machine, and well-stocked bar.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute  The Government has been warned that its ban on overseas care staff bringing dependants to the UK is “catastrophic”. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minutePost-Brexit restrictions on the free movement of workers from the EU have contributed to modern slavery becoming “a feature” of the care…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSocial care leaders felt “blindsided” by recently-announced changes to visa rules banning care workers from bringing their families to the UK and…