health and social care

Reading Time: < 1 minute NHS staff are travelling to India on a £10,000 trip to help recruit carers amid the staffing crisis, The Telegraph can reveal.  Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Britain’s carers should be paid more to halt an alarming exodus, experts say. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute Campaigners want a new “social care tax” to end an injustice that forces millions to sell off family assets including their homes…

Reading Time: < 1 minute A victim of suspected labour abuse who confidentially disclosed details of exploitation to government investigators says she has been subjected to threats…

Reading Time: < 1 minute   Typical hourly pay for frontline staff is £10.90 – below the economy-wide average of £14.47 – according to the Resolution Foundation. Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Leaving social care to become a lorry driver gave one worker a £10,000 pay rise overnight. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute A multimillionaire dementia home boss paid himself at least £21m in five years despite inspectors finding multiple breaches of staffing, safety and…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Private brokers are making millions of pounds a year finding care home beds for NHS patients who are fit to leave hospital. Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minute A care home worker who plundered almost £20,000 from the savings of vulnerable residents has been jailed for seven months. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute A care home provider has warned it is facing a “perfect storm” with beds available but not the staff to provide care…