The NHS will treat more people with Covid-19 at home by remotely monitoring them as part of a ‘virtual wards’ model. To prepare for NHS staff shortages caused by workers self-isolating due to the variant Omicron, the NHS will fit oximeters to patients’ fingers at home to observe their oxygen levels and assess whether or […]

Support Social Care Heroes has been set up to recognise the sacrifices that care workers make and support them by offering person-centred, holistic wellbeing programmes. Its mission is to ‘work in partnership with care homes and provide grants and support to improve the lives of social care heroes in the long-term’. The charity plans to

MPs have voted in favour of an amendment to the social care cap, meaning some of the poorest homeowners in England will have to sell their houses to pay for care, with more protection given to wealthier homeowners. Boris Johnson narrowly succeeded in getting MPs to back his social care cap for England, but with

Home care workers and frontline NHS staff will be required by law to have the Covid-19 vaccine from next April in order to keep their jobs, the health secretary has announced. Only workers who do not have face-to-face contact with patients or who are medically exempt will not be required to get vaccinated. Sajid Javid

The Homecare Association is calling for councils to be given more funding from the government so home care workers are able to have a minimum wage of £11.14 an hour. Research by the Homecare Association has revealed at least 70 per cent of home care is purchased by councils, with central government funding for councils

Care sector leaders are calling on the government to urgently prioritise care workers and other essential workers on garage forecourts, as petrol supplies run dry following panic buying, in the wake of concerns about a shortage of lorry drivers. A weekend of chaos has seen care workers caught in queues, being late for calls and