Social care providers only received 10% of PPE required
Social care providers were not adequately supported in obtaining PPE during the first half of the pandemic and came close…
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Infection Control Fund just a drop in the ocean
Care England is calling for more financial support for adult social care. The representative body for independent providers of adult…
Awards to honour NHS health and care heroes
Doctors and nurses working to combat Hepatitis C in the homeless during the pandemic, the team behind the UK’s first…
Care provider fined for running unregistered service
A Stockport home care agency company has been ordered to pay more than £18,000 after providing a service without being…
Proposals to restrict movement of care workers
The National Care Forum (NCF) is encouraging all care providers to make their voices heard on government proposals that will…
NHS recruitment drive launches
The NHS is launching a renewed recruitment drive to capitalise on the ‘Nightingale effect’ as the health services contends with…
Fund to improve community support for patients
A new ‘social prescribing’ fund has been launched to help doctors refer patients for support in the community in order…
Devon woman celebrates four decades of work in social care
A woman from Bampton is celebrating a career milestone this month as she reaches 40 years of supporting people with…
