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The National Audit Office today issued a report on the breadth of government’s response to Covid-19.
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Care England, the representative body for independent adult social care providers, has expressed dismay at the government’s stance on social care reform following the Queen’s Speech in Parliament this morning.
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More than 150 porters, cleaners, switchboard and catering staff employed by Mitie at Cumberland Infirmary in Cumbria are set to begin a 48-hour strike tomorrow over missing payments for working unsocial hours.
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Short-term funding and the lack of a long-term vision has hampered planning, innovation and investment in adult social care, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office.
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The Supreme Court today dismissed appeals that care workers should receive hourly pay for sleep-in shifts in the case of Mencap v Tomlinson-Blake.
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A report by Public Policy Projects calls on the UK government to place digital innovation at the heart of reforms included in the recently published White Paper.
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The government has launched its Health and Social Care White Paper which sets out proposals for the NHS’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The government has launched its Health and Social Care White Paper which sets out proposals for the NHS’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NHS England’s national capacity contracts with the private healthcare sector during the Covid-19 pandemic are to be subjected to a national review,
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson may be planning to reduce the role of private healthcare in NHS England.
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Manchester University Foundation Trust has stated that it has encountered problems accessing capacity at its local Spire, BMI and Ramsay hospitals
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NHS Digital and the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) have begun the testing phase of a programme that will see data on privately-funded care from independent hospitals collected by the NHS for the first time.
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A cross-party group of politicians and business leaders led by Conservative MP Imram Kham and including former Lib Dem health minister Paul Burstow and business secretary Sir Vince Cable have called on the government to commit up to £300 million in additional rent for primary healthcar
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The Independent Care Group, the representative body for independent care providers in York and North Yorkshire, said today the time has come time to end the confusion and hold the so-called ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown in England and Wales
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Public service union Unison today called on the government to ensure the roll-out of any Covid-19 vaccine is managed entirely by the NHS and public bodies, adding that it apposed the involvement of private firms and the use of unqualified staff.
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The Black Women in Leadership Network has appointed Bupa Group's chief medical officer Dr Paula Franklin to its advisory council.
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Nursing homes workers’ labour unions from all over the world are joining forces on 1 October to demand a ‘shield against Covid-19’ to improve and protect the care sector workers and the people they care for.
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The National Care Forum (NCF), the representative body for UK not-for-profit social care providers has welcomed the government’s plan announced yesterday to protect care homes from Covid-19 over winter.
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The government has announced an extension to the Infection Control Fund, pledging an extra £546 million in funding to bolster infection prevention and control measures in care homes during the winter.
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The government says it will provide a £588 million fund to cover adult social care or the immediate costs of care in their own home for patients who require it when discharged from NHS care.
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A new organisation whose primary focus is public health protection and infectious disease capability is being established by the government, health and social care Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.
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Rosamond Roughton, the director general for adult social care at the Department for Health and Social Care, has unexpectedly stepped down from her role.
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