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Minister wants to see social care workers rewarded despite funding pledge cut

The social care minister has said she wants to see workers in the sector rewarded as she was questioned about the decision to halve previously promised workforce funding. Helen Whately said she feels “very strongly” that reform and investment within ...

02 May 2023 at 18:11

PM prepared to make decisions ‘people may not like’ on public sector pay awards

The Prime Minister has warned he will not shy away from making decisions “people may not like” to control inflation as he again refused to commit to accepting recommendations for public sector pay rises. Ministers have suggested they could choose ...

26 Jun 2023 at 12:48

Minister refuses to commit to accepting wage recommendations by pay bodies

A health minister has said the UK Government would need to “look at what we can afford” as she refused to commit to accepting salary bumps recommended by pay bodies. Social care minister Helen Whately said only that Rishi Sunak’s administration ...

26 Jun 2023 at 09:35

Consultation launched to strengthen rules allowing care home and hospital visits

Care home residents and hospital patients will be able to have visitors in all circumstances under plans for new regulations aimed at stopping access to loved ones being unfairly denied. New legislation proposed by the Government would make ...

21 Jun 2023 at 13:42

Councils ‘simply do not understand’ evidence given by Matt Hancock, inquiry told

Evidence given to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry by Matt Hancock has been called into question by local councils, which insisted his former department had “far more levers” to oversee social care provision than he suggested. A barrister ...

19 Jul 2023 at 13:18

Use of virtual wards for patients with acute respiratory infections recommended

Virtual wards have been recommended for use by patients with acute respiratory infections in a bid to free up NHS beds and save the health service money. The wards are technology platforms which allow clinicians to provide ...

18 Aug 2023 at 00:01

‘Ban on dependants will allow more manageable approach to care recruitment’

Banning overseas care workers from bringing loved ones to the UK will ensure a “more manageable approach” to staffing the sector, a minister has said. The new rules will come into effect from March 11, the Government has ...

30 Jan 2024 at 14:03

Dependants’ ban for overseas care workers to come in from March 11

Overseas care workers coming to the UK will no longer be allowed to bring dependants under new rules from mid-March aimed at tackling “unsustainable and unfair levels of migration”. The measures – announced in December ...

30 Jan 2024 at 11:19

Halving social care workforce funding a ‘betrayal’, say charities and unions

Halving social care workforce funding in England has been branded a betrayal by charities, unions and other political parties which also accused the Government of broken promises. Despite a previous pledge to invest ...

04 Apr 2023 at 14:02

Cutting millions from social care funding pledge ‘an insult to the sector’

The Government has been condemned for halving the funding promised for the social care workforce in England, with one charity saying it is an “insult” to the sector. Millions of pounds have been removed from ...

04 Apr 2023 at 07:55

Millions cut from funding commitments for social care

Funding promised for the social care workforce in England has been halved, the Government has confirmed. Millions of pounds have been removed from previously announced funding for a sector which a recent ...

04 Apr 2023 at 07:55

Minister tells of own experience of A&Es treating ‘so many’ elderly patients

Emergency departments are dealing with “so many” elderly patients who are not in the right place for the care they need, a Government minister said as she drew on her own experience being in hospitals ...

27 Sept 2023 at 13:34

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