health and social care

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reading Time: < 1 minute Dissatisfaction at social care services among those who have had to deal with them has spiralled to “unbelievably distressing” levels, Read More