Prime Minister Liz Truss said during her first PMQs clash with Labour leader Keir Starmer that she will be reversing the 1.25 per cent rise in National Insurance and is scrapping the Health and Social Care Levy. During PMQs (Prime Minister’s Questions) on September 7, Liz Truss spoke of plans to reverse the 1.25 per […]
The government has confirmed that around six million people with disabilities in the UK will be given a one-off £150 cost of living payment from 20 September. People with a qualifying disability benefit will be paid automatically from 20 September, with most of those eligible expected to receive their one-off payment within a couple of
Britain’s new Prime Minister must intervene to solve a care staffing crisis which has led to a sticking plaster reliance on agency staff who are more expensive, inexperienced and unreliable, says Care England’s chief executive. Boris Johnson may have packed his bags to vacate 10 Downing Street and despite promises to fix social care, during
Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay has ordered civil servants to significantly increase overseas recruitment of NHS and social care staff before the winter. Mr Barclay said, in an interview with The Telegraph, that his department was in a “real sprint” to get ready for September and a decision to hire more overseas staff
NHS leaders are demanding the government make social care its ‘top priority’ as people’s safety is at risk from a lack of care provision. A July poll of 243 NHS leaders has found 99 per cent are seeing a social care workforce crisis in their local area and almost all think it is worse than
In response to over one million NHS staff being given a pay rise of at least £1,400 with the lowest earners receiving up to 9.3 per cent, care chiefs are calling on the government to place adult social care staff on an equal footing with NHS staff. Under the Agenda for Change contract, nurses, paramedics
A care worker told MPs in the House of Commons they need to ditch the perception that care work is unskilled, saying “it is simply not true”. Chevonne Baker, who works for Right at Home Basingstoke spoke to the Health and Social Care Committee chaired by MP Jeremy Hunt, giving her recommendations for improving retention
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From blood pressure checks in betting shops to diabetes and weight management support in local sports clubs – these are just some of the initiatives being delivered by a new integrated care system. Forty-two Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) across England have been put on a statutory footing with Clinical Commissioning Groups being abolished and their
The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has launched its updated Supporter Membership Programme for care workers who may need financial and support with their wellbeing. The CWC’s Supporter Membership Programme supports care workers who are facing a difficult or unexpected life event such as bereavement, a housing crisis or a relationship breakdown and receives direct financial
Almost all councils (98 per cent) in England say the funding earmarked for the reforms is insufficient and will only “exacerbate” pre-existing pressures, new survey suggests. Of the £36 billion the health and social levy will raise over the next three years, only £5.4 billion is ringfenced for social care reforms in England. These include