health and social care

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHealth leaders have warned Rishi Sunak that “perverse” new visa rules will prove disastrous for the care sector, The Independent can reveal. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s sunnier in Dubai, the visa lasts longer in the US and the wages are better in Canada.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe daughter of a 91-year-old dementia sufferer was left in the dark by foreign care staff whose lack of English meant they…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe government will ban foreign social care workers from bringing their partners and family members to the UK to try and drive…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNine out of 10 care workers cannot afford to take time off sick, research suggests. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteForeign care staff invited to the UK to help fix a chronic worker shortage are being “exploited on a grand scale”, a…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe social care system would collapse without migrant workers, a leading union has warned, amid reports the government will ban staff from…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRelying on international recruitment to plug gaps in the health and social care workforce is “unsustainable”, trust leaders have said.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly a quarter of a million people in England were waiting to have their care needs assessed by the end of summer, according…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSeventy carers were questioned by researchers at UCL about how they thought others treated them and their own attitudes towards their roles….