The care sector in England will be able to use money from a new £300m fund to pay for bonuses, give care staff early pay rises, fund overtime and recruit new staff. The fund is part of a package of new measures announced to protect the social care sector from Covid-19. More resources are also […]
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
Demand for home care has grown during the pandemic, with around 40,000 home care workers joining the workforce. During the same period from 2019/2020 to 2020/2021, the care home workforce has managed to stay stable, despite a fall in occupancy rates due to Covid deaths and a shift in demand from residential care to domiciliary
Banging his fists on the lectern, Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered his trademark punchy prose to the party faithful at the Conservative Party conference by promising to “get social care done” and address problems “no government has had the guts to tackle before”. Speaking today beside his slogan ‘Build Back Better’, Boris Johnson said: “When
A poll of over 2,600 people has revealed the vast majority (80 per cent) would choose to receive care in their own homes rather than anywhere else and over a third (38 per cent) of those aged 65+ are more likely to opt for home care since the pandemic. People chose home care in light
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
A third dose of a Covid vaccine will be given to care workers, NHS staff, over-50s, and people with health conditions across the UK from 20 September. The booster jabs are part of an autumn and winter plan for managing Covid and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has said 30m people should