Carers set for pay rise under Rayner’s workers rights law
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCare workers are set for higher pay and better working conditions under plans unveiled by the Government to set up a formal body that can bargain…
Fake sponsorships: Fraudulent care homes exploit UK crisis to defraud desperate Nigerians
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn March 2022, Mrs Funmilayo Buraimo-Danmusa received a phone call from a legal business partner in the United Kingdom, Olalekan Ayuba. Read…
English council may ask parents of children taken into care to pay half of costs
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Reading Time: < 1 minutecash-strapped English council is considering charging parents of children taken into local authority care half of the weekly cost of looking after…
British social care workers hit by real terms £3,000 wage cut
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSocial care workers on the breadline have lost out on thousands of pounds due to below-inflation pay deals, new analysis shows. Read…
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…