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‘Ravaged’ social care sector needs more money before year is out – MPs

England’s “ravaged” adult social care sector urgently needs more money from Government before the year is out, MPs have warned. A cash injection and a long-term plan is needed to help the sector meet immediate cost pressures and become sustainable ...

04 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Nursing and midwifery vacancies in NHS reach new record high

Nursing and midwifery vacancies in Scotland’s NHS have soared to a record high, with almost 6,700 posts unfilled at the end of last year. The number of vacancies increased by more than 900 in the last three months of 2021 alone, with official ...

01 Mar 2022 at 13:55

National News

37,000 workers in a single profession receive Ireland's highest annual earnings

Workers in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector receive the highest average annual earnings in the country. That's according to the latest Central Statistics Office (CSO) release on the value chain analysis of the ICT ...

24 May 2022 at 16:33

Scotland

Jobs in life sciences, renewables and space sector to be focus of new programme

Industries like life sciences, renewables and the space sector are to be the focus of a new programme aiming to attract a more skilled workforce to Scotland. As part of a priority action from the Scottish Government to meet skills gaps, ...

21 Apr 2022 at 01:25

More than 127,000 NHS and care staff unvaccinated ahead of jab deadline

Tens of thousands of health and social care staff in England remain unvaccinated ahead of a deadline next week for frontline workers to get their first jab, figures suggest. Frontline staff in the NHS and registered social care ...

27 Jan 2022 at 18:25

Home care workforce down more than 17,000 since mandatory jab consultation

The number of home care staff in England has dropped by more than 17,000 since the Government launched its consultation on mandatory coronavirus vaccination, figures suggest. There were 406,365 domiciliary care staff in ...

03 Feb 2022 at 19:26

Post-Christmas drop in NHS Covid staff absences stalls in parts of England

A post-Christmas drop in Covid-related absences of NHS staff at hospitals in England has stalled across parts of the country, new data shows. An average of 28,434 NHS staff at hospital trusts in England were ill with ...

03 Feb 2022 at 12:55

PM tasks ministers with drafting ‘robust’ plans for workplace absences

Boris Johnson has tasked ministers with developing “robust contingency plans” for workplace absences as the Government acknowledged high Covid levels could hit businesses hard over the coming weeks. Public sector ...

01 Jan 2022 at 23:55

Care group chief: Set up volunteer army to help out homes and providers

A care group boss has called for the Government to set up an emergency volunteer army for social care amid fears that providers could run out of staff. Mike Padgham, chairman of the Independent Care Group (ICG), ...

04 Jan 2022 at 19:55

Government ‘sensible’ to ask public sector to plan for 25% absence rates

Health minister Ed Argar has said the Government is “doing the responsible and sensible thing” by asking the public sector to prepare for a worst-case scenario of up to a quarter of staff off work. It comes as ...

02 Jan 2022 at 15:25

New immigration rules for overseas care staff ‘will have little or no effect’

Relaxed immigration rules for overseas care workers will have “little or no effect” because most UK employers do not pay enough for them to qualify for the scheme, a care charity has warned. Social care ...

15 Feb 2022 at 15:25

Care-worker immigration rules relaxed

Immigration rules on care-worker jobs have been relaxed as the social care sector increasingly struggles to attract and keep staff. Care workers have been added to the shortage occupation list after a ...

15 Feb 2022 at 07:55

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