A £269m funding package to boost social care staffing levels and care home testing has been announced by the government.
Recruitment
South coast based care home provider, Encore Care Homes, is seeking 500 recruits after partnering with the NHS on the temporary care of non-COVID patients. The Dorset and Hampshire care home operator has formed a
Social care needs an immediate cash injection and new recruits to support its exhausted workforce, ADASS has said. The association said “alarming gaps” were appearing
Skills for Care has announced the appointment of Tricia Pereira as its new director of operations. A former social worker, Pereira is currently the head of operations for the London Borough of Merton, overseeing the
Staffing pressures are mounting on social care amidst the coronavirus pandemic with some services reporting absences of over 50%. Research by the National Care Forum
Kirsty Matthews has been appointed as the new chief executive of learning disabilities support provider, Hft. The incoming CEO, who takes over from interim chief
Health and social care services face a “perilously uncertain future” when the UK cuts its ties with the EU in January, a report has warned.
A world record holding circus entertainer and globetrotting cabin crew hostess are among the new staff who have joined leading care home group Nellsar during the pandemic.
Professor Deborah Sturdy OBE has been appointed Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care in England.
Black and minority ethic (BME) health and care colleagues suffer a 28.7% gap because of their lack of representation in senior roles, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has found.
