health and social care

Reading Time: < 1 minuteReforms to restrict care workers from bringing family members are now in force, while care providers are required to register if they…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe United Kingdom (UK) government has banned international health and care workers from bringing their dependants to the country on work visas.  …

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted that coastal areas and some northern states will experience a high prevalence of malaria and meningitis…

Reading Time: < 1 minutePapillomavirus Society of Gombe, on Monday, decried the lack of awareness on cervical cancer among women in the state, noting that it is…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLassa fever has claimed nine lives in the past two months in Benue state. The state epidemiologist, Dr. Sam Ngishe, revealed this to…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA care company serving NHS patients has been charging migrant workers from Africa thousands of pounds to work in the UK when…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew minimum wage thresholds for foreign worker visas will come into force “within weeks”, the Home Secretary announced on Tuesday. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMinisters are to ban disposable vapes as part of a UK-wide drive to curb youth vaping  Read More.

Reading Time: < 1 minute  It comes amid a surge of cases in children as health officials scramble to battle the outbreak and boost uptake of the…

Reading Time: < 1 minute  Modern slavery is surging in social care since ministers relaxed immigration rules to fill thousands of vacancies, with a growing wave…