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More than 90 care home operators in England declare red alert over staffing
Care operators are facing acute staffing shortages caused by Omicron with more than 90 declaring a “red” alert, which means staffing ratios have been breached.
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UK Covid cases up 50% in a week as daily tally exceeds 150,000
There were 157,758 new Covid cases confirmed in England and Scotland in the past 24 hours, government data showed on Monday.
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UK to ease immigration rules for care workers as shortage worsens
Thousands of additional care workers are to be recruited from abroad to fill chronic gaps in the workforce, the government has announced, after figures showed more than 40,000 social care staff had left the sector in the past six months.
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Time for honesty if Boris Johnson really wants to fix social care
Has Boris Johnson delivered his 2019 promise to “fix the crisis in social care once and for all” with Wednesday’s white paper?
The PM had already capped care costs at £86,000, ending most of the “catastrophic” impact on inheritances – albeit still leaving the poorest families vulnerable.
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Ministers plump for unfairnessList Item 1
In order to reduce the cost of its new social care funding scheme for England by an estimated £900m, the government has opted to reduce the entitlement of less well-off people.
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We can’t fix the social care sector without fixing the way we treat its workersList Item 2
The scourge of poverty wages and insecure work doesn’t just blight the lives of millions of working people, it holds back our economy too. Nowhere is this more clearly the case than in our social care sector.
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Sajid Javid working on radical plan to merge social care with health in EnglandList Item 3
Proposal aimed at freeing up NHS beds and offering home care could be included in white paper on reform
Radical plans for a new national care service under which health and social care would be delivered by the same organisation are being actively considered by the government for inclusion in a white paper next month, according to senior Conservatives and Whitehall sources.
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Ministers launch TV ad campaign to tackle care worker shortageList Item 4
Adverts to be shown on ITV, Channel 4 and Sky amid warnings over impact of mandatory Covid jabs law
Ministers have launched a three-week TV advertising blitz to recruit care workers, as a new mandatory Covid vaccination law takes effect that some operators warn could force out a quarter of their staff.
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Closures and soaring waiting lists
Social care services across England are “rapidly deteriorating”, with waiting lists soaring and councils struggling with care home closures, social services chiefs have warned.