Mandatory COVID vaccination for health and social care staff to end in March
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid The legal requirement for health and social care staff to be double jabbed will be removed from 15…
£96m boost to give tens of thousands of social care staff in Wales a £1,000 extra payment
Deputy Minister Julie Morgan Tens of thousands of social care staff who will be eligible for the real living wage from April 2022 will receive…
Almost £400m in funding to help adult social care sector ahead of winter
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid The UK Government has confirmed additional funding for infection prevention and control to help the adult social care…
Over half of social care providers cite barriers to cost of purchasing digital solutions
Independent research commissioned by learning disabilities charity Hft found that COVID-19 has taken its toll on the social care workforce, with 62 percent of providers…
Two billion items of PPE delivered to health and social care staff
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that two billion items of personal protective equipment (PPE) have now been delivered to frontline…
“Key workers” across health and social care outlined as schools close
Following the announcement that schools across the UK will close this afternoon but that children of “key workers” and vulnerable children will still attend school,…