health and social care

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Government has no plans to remove care workers from the shortage occupation list to cut immigration despite calls from Tory MPs, Downing Street said. Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe UK risks becoming highly reliant on overseas care workers after nearly 58,000 visas were issued for the sector last year, a…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA carer who was overpaid by almost £10,000 has been rapped for failing to report the mistake to bosses. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA move to enable unpaid carers to take leave from their day jobs to help dependents is set to become law after…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe value of unpaid care in England and Wales is almost equivalent to a second NHS, according to a new research estimate….

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Florida nurse has been accused of stealing the identity of an 88-year-old Alzheimer’s patient to pay for over $7,000 of plastic surgery.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFunding promised to develop the social care workforce in England has been halved, the government has confirmed. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen I was 13, I learned about workhouses.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA French care home manager has been accused of placing false wills on wealthy retirees who died without heirs, so he could…