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WORKFORCE

Government significantly reforms employment rights

By Liz Wells 10 October 2024

The government has unveiled new legislation to help tackle poor working conditions and benefit businesses and workers.

RACHEL REEVES

IFS highlights 'unresolved' social care issues

By Lee Peart 10 October 2024

A major new Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report has highlighted the ‘unresolved’ issues in social care funding and reform.

SOCIAL CARE

Calls to tackle low social care pay to meet soaring demand

By Liz Wells 10 October 2024

Healthcare organisations are calling for ministers to tackle low social care pay to attract staff to meet soaring demand.

SOCIAL CARE

International recruitment helps social care workforce grow

By Liz Wells 10 October 2024

International recruitment drove improvements in the adult social care workforce in the year to March 2024, but the sector faces ongoing domestic recruitment and retention challenges, new data reveals.

ED DAVEY

Lib Dems call for cross-party talks on social care 'postcode lottery'

By Lee Peart 09 October 2024

The Lib Dems have repeated their call for cross-party talks on social care after revealing a steep rise in the number of pensioners per care home.

INTEGRATED CARE SYSTEMS

Two million older people living with 'unmet' care need

By Lee Peart 30 September 2024

More than one in four (28%) people aged over 80 are living with some unmet need for social care, a new report by Age UK has found.

INTEGRATED CARE SYSTEMS

Two million older people living with 'unmet' care need

By Lee Peart 30 September 2024

More than one in four (28%) people aged over 80 are living with some unmet need for social care, a new report by Age UK has found.

WALES

Local government calls for social care investment to ease NHS pressures

By Lee Peart 24 September 2024

Additional social care investment is urgently needed to reduce NHS pressures ahead of winter, a local government body has said.

UNISON

Only fairer wages and a national care service can solve social care crisis, says Unison

By Liz Wells 09 September 2024

The recruitment crisis in social care won't be resolved until wages rise in the sector, according to Unison, and achieving this with the government's promised fair pay agreement will be the first s...

SKILLS FOR CARE

Skills for Care campaign promotes Workforce Strategy

By Liz Wells 03 September 2024

Skills for Care, the workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England, is supporting the Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care with a new campaign.