Health and care worker visa applications drop 83% after rule changes
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of people applying to come to Britain on a health and care worker visa has dropped significantly after major changes…
Scrap one-word ratings for adult social care too, say councils
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCalls have been made for one-word ratings by the health watchdog for adult social care services to be scrapped just as they…
Social care chiefs sound alarm at Labour’s ‘deafening silence’ on sector
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLabour has discarded its social care commitments and seems set to repeat the failure of previous governments to tackle the care crisis,…
Alarm at failure to inspect 60% of England homecare providers in four years or longer
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCare leaders have warned of a serious safety risk as research revealed 60% of homecare providers had not been inspected for at…
New ‘hostile environment’ for immigrants forcing health and care staff to return home
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new “hostile environment” for immigrants is putting off NHS and care staff from applying for jobs in the UK while forcing others to return…
Social worker shortage set to increase over next decade, says DfE
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLack of children’s social workers an increasing risk to the department achieving its objectives, amid persistently high vacancy rates and use of…
Social care cap is ditched by Labour, so what's next for families struggling to cover sky-high bills?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLabour has abandoned plans for an £86,000 lifetime care spending cap, claiming the Tories left the scheme ‘unfunded’ despite it being due…
Nursing associate suspended for slapping dementia patient
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA nursing associate has been suspended for a year for slapping a dementia patient on the neck, a medical regulator has ruled. …
What does it cost to get care at home and can you get help with fees?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute When people think of care in later life, they often assume it will be provided in a residential care home. Read…
More than 100 migrants face being in UK illegally as care agency is stripped of ability to endorse visas
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than a hundred migrants and their families face being in Britain illegally after the company which sponsored them to come to…