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‘Looking after yourself and those around you’– My Home Life Bulletin for care home managers

My Home Life – May 2020

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Higher NHS pay for forensic social workers causing recruitment challenge for councils

Community Care – 23 September 2020

As UK care homes face a Covid second wave, families are seeking alternatives

The Guardian 23 September 2020

Adult social care winter plan: letter from Minister for Care to local authorities

UK Gov – 21 September 2020

Most providers face going into red this winter without extra Covid social care funding, warns ADASS

Community Care – 9 September 2020

Social care staff not given human rights training to deal with Covid impact, finds research

Community Care- 8 September 2020

Care England backs inquiry into burnout among social care and NHS employees

Home Care Insight – 7 September 2020

Health leaders warn Boris Johnson over axing of Public Health England

The Guardian – 2 September 2020

Pressure piles on government to add carers on Shortage Occupation List

HomeCare Insight – 2 September 2020

Care Inspectorate to publish inquiry into COVID-19 support for care at home services

Home Care Insight – 1 September 2020

Extra funding for social care in Wales described as ‘sticking plaster’

Home Care Insight – 5 August 2020

Further £50 million for social care sector

Gov Scotland – 03 August 2020

New points-based immigration system will lead to care crisis

The Conversation – 29 July 2020

NHS could take over social care, swelling budget to £150bn

The Guardian – 27 July 2020

All over-40s could face higher taxes to help fund the cost of care – which is expected to soar by an extra £7billion a year

The Daily Mail – 27 July 2020

Fast-track for foreign NHS staff ‘must cover care workers’

The Times – 27 July 2020

Social care vacancy rate fell by a fifth during height of Covid crisis

Community Care – 27 July 2020

The pandemic shows the urgency of reforming care for the elderly

The Economist – 25 July 2020

Government will ‘live to regret’ decision to exclude care workers from visa system, Lords warn

Homecare Insight – 23 July 2020

One year after Boris Johnson promised to fix social care, we’re still waiting

The Independent – 24 July 2020

Pensioners face financial wipeout as 14 every day sell homes to fund care

The Express – 24 July 2020

Coronavirus: We need to support domiciliary care workers before the second wave hits

The Conversation – 22 July 2020

Covid-19: test all health and care workers weekly, says UK scientist

The Guardian – 21 July 2020

Public sector pay rise announcement ‘kick in the teeth for social care staff’

ITV – 21 July 2020

Government accused of ‘lip service’ as social care staff and nurses left out of pay rise

The Evening Standard – 21 July 2020

Campaign calling for real living wage for care workers holds a social distancing demo

The Bolton News – 02 July 2020

Care bosses and county council fear for adult social care funding

Daily Echo – 02 July 2020

Researchers call for fair employment deal for care workers

HCI – 01 July 2020

Now I work in Australian social care, I see how badly the UK sector has been failed

The Guardian – 1 July 2020

Government ‘finalising’ plans to fix social care crisis, says PM

Home Care Insight – 01 July 2020

Systemic factors have driven social worker risk-taking during pandemic, study finds

Community Care – 26 June 2020

Social care workers at increased risk of death from coronavirus, ONS finds

Guardian – 26 June 2020

MPs vote against weekly COVID-19 testing for health and social care workers

Nursing Times – 26 June 2020

Why Scotland must move towards a national care service

Daily Record – 26 June 2020

Care UK welcomes NMC support for social care nursing

CHP – 25 June 2020

INTERVIEW: A registered manager’s take on addressing social care reform

CHI – 25 June 2020

Covid-19 helping change perception of social care nursing, says NMC chief

Nursing Times – 25 June 2020

Government official says discharging 25,000 untested patients into care homes was right decision

Carehome.co.uk – 23 June 2020

Government Breaches Parliamentary Convention On Social Care Reforms

Today’s Wills & Probate- 23 June 2020

‘Covid-19 has accelerated our improvement journey’

CHP – 22 June 2020

Independent SAGE warns on relaxation of social distancing measures

Care Industry News – 22 June 2020

Two-thirds of SME care providers fear for future, survey finds

CHP – 22 June 2020

Government tells sector ‘not to prioritise’ Liberty Protection Safeguards preparations

CC – 22 June 2020

Independent SAGE warns on relaxation of social distancing measures

Care Industry News – 22 June 2020

NMC chief shines a spotlight on social care nursing

Nursing Notes – 20 June 2020

BAME social care service users more likely to die from coronavirus, CQC finds

HCI – 19 June 2020

CQC reports 55% rise in adult social care staff concerns during pandemic

CHP – 19 June 2020

Health Care Workers Protect Us. It’s Time to Protect Them (US story)

HBR- 19 June 2020

COVID-19 has changed perception of social care nurses, says NMC

CHP – 19 June 2020

Coronavirus: Nurses’ leaders urge ‘care for those who caring’

BBC – 19 June 2020

Coronavirus: Care providers ‘will go to the wall’ without more funding

BBC – 18 June 2020

Coronavirus care home costs ‘will lead to local providers going bust’

Inews – 18 June 2020

Financial crisis looms for care homes

Telegraph – 18 June 2020

Building on the vital relationship between health and care

The MJ – 17 June 2020

Coronavirus pandemic has profound impact on social care and demonstrates the need for social care reform

CIN – 15 June 2020

After coronavirus, the NHS’s ability to provide care will be reduced, experts warn

The Guardian – 17 June 2020

More than 100,000 carers ‘forced to use food banks in UK lockdown’

The Guardian – 17 June 2020

MPs call for all social care staff to be included in visa extension scheme

CHP – 17 June 2020

‘We feel manipulated and scared’: care work during the coronavirus crisis

The Guardian – 17 June 2020

Coronavirus: England’s councils ‘face large-scale’ cuts to services

BBC – 17 June 2020

Coronavirus: NHS staff need tests ‘twice a week’

BBC – 17 June 2020

MPs criticise exclusion of NHS workers from free visa extensions

The Guardian – 15 June 2020

Matt Hancock has failed to respond to report warning of social care ‘scandal’ nine months after deadline

The Independent – 15 June 2020

Life cover for frontline health workers

UK Gov – 15 June 2020

Report reveals impact of Covid-19 on adult social care

The Observer – 14 June 2020

Analysis casts doubt on claim care home deaths in Britain were far less than in Europe

Telegraph – 13 June 2020

Adam Smith Institute calls for social care revolution

CHP – 10 June 2020

We need to set up a social care system that’s stronger than COVID-19

The MJ – 9 June 2020

We need a radical rethink about NHS and social care workers beyond their pay

Labour List – 9 June 2020

New coronavirus social care taskforce set up to focus on ‘stopping infection’ among all in receipt of care

ITV – 8 June 2020

Care staff ‘dismayed’ over freeze on social care workforce training fund

HCI – 8 June 2020

Social care must seize the moment to take centre stage

Inside Housing – 8 June 2020

The Observer view on the government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis

The Observer – 7 June 2020

Social care warning: Services face 6.6bn in extra costs over COVID crisis

The Express – 6 June 2020

PHE warned in February against discharges into care homes where there was risk of coronavirus transmission

The Telegraph – 5 June 2020

NHS volunteers extend support to frontline health and social care staff

UK Gov – 6 June 2020

Social care warning: Services face 6.6bn in extra costs over COVID crisis

The Express – 6 June 2020

Serco wins Covid-19 test-and-trace contract despite £1m fine

The Guardian – 6 June 2020

Fiddling while the care sector crumbles

LGC – 5 June 2020

Council says it has ‘learned lessons’ after Care Act legal challenge dropped

Community Care – 5 June 2020

Asymptomatic care workers unknowingly spread coronavirus

BBC – 3 June 2020

Call for social care funding as councils & providers face escalating costs of £6.6bn by September

THIIS – 5 June 2020

Social care reform could be delayed further by coronavirus, says Hancock

Home Care Insight – 3 June 2020

Shropshire Star comment: Social care system is broken

Shropshire Star – 3 June 2020

Care home crisis is the result of years of neglect

The Guardian – 3 June 2020

Coronavirus: the crisis the NHS needed?

Prospect – 2 June 2020

My five-point plan to end years of social care neglect – Mike Padgham

The Yorkshire Post – 2 June 2020

Covid-19 spilling out of hospitals and care homes, says UK expert

The Guardian – 2 June 2020

The ghosts of the care-home dead will come back to haunt this government

The Guardian – 1 June 2020

Directors warn of ‘deep concerns’ over care funding

Local Gov – 1 June 2020

Higher COVID-19 rates found among health and social care workers than other employees

HC Insight – 1 June 2020

Adass: £600m care home fund conditions creating ‘intolerable’ burden

LGC – 1 June 2020

Campaigners call on CQC to scrap fees and help save care providers from folding

Home Care Insight – 1 June 2020

Social care minister reveals just how offensive Tory coronavirus propaganda really is on BBCQT

The Canary – 29 May 2020

Learning disabilities and dementia charities included in £22m funding package

HCI – 29 May 2020

Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020: Implications for the Social Care Sector

Lexology – 29 May 2020

Covid-19 crisis should ‘kick-start’ long-awaited social care reform, says Somerset County Council leader

SHCG – 29 May 2020

Two-thirds of Britons back higher tax to fund care workers’ pay rise

Home Care Insights – 29 May 2020

Health-Care Workers Struggle to Access U.K. Tracing System

Bloomberg – 28 May 2020

Calls To End Delays To Social Care Reforms

TW&P – 28 May 2020

Giving care workers a collective voice is key to addressing the sector’s problems

Morning Star – 28 May 2020

Key workers demand living wage after carer ‘left to survive on food donations when hit by coronavirus’

The Independent – 28 May 2020

Council suspended full care assessments for Staffordshire’s most vulnerable residents due to Covid-19 crisis

Stoke on Trent Live Insight – 28 May 2020

Social care staff in Wales to receive £500 one-off payment

Nursing Times – 28 May 2020

Clapped out? Health, social care and the need to properly appreciate the urgent need for reform

The Press & Journal – 28 May 2020

ADASS president: social care can’t go back to austerity post-Covid crisis

Community Care – 28 May 2020

Government PPE Portal opens to small home care providers

Home Care Insight – 28 May 2020

Government urged to end social care reform delays

HCI – 27 May 2020

Government secures over 100 new PPE supply deals for health and social care

Care Home Professional – 27 May 2020

Free coronavirus antibody tests for NHS staff, care workers and patients

Home Care Insight – 26 May 2020

Would the NHS and social care survive without foreign staff?

The Independent – 26 May 2020

How BAME health and social care workers can check if it safe for them to work during the coronavirus crisis

Wales On-line – 26 May 2020

Care workers should be better paid and valued after Covid-19 – poll

The Guardian – 26 May 2020

Care body ‘disappointed’ with CQC during COVID-19 crisis

Care Home Professional – 26 May 2020

Independent care group says government must start to plan social care’s recovery

Whitby Gazette – 26 May 2020

Almost 10,000 vulnerable people across Leicestershire have been contacted and supported by social care staff…

Harborough Mail – 25 May 2020

Supporting Scotland’s social care workers

Scottish Gov – 24 May 2020

CQC under fire from care home body for failing to report true death toll to ministers

Guardian – 24 May 2020

Pivotal role in keeping the most vulnerable safe in Calderdale care homes

Halifax Courier- 24 May 2020

Mindset change needed within health and social care system

Irish News – 22 May 2020

A third of people less likely to seek residential social care due to COVID-19, poll finds

CHP – 22 May 2020

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