Social care in England, monthly statistics: March 2022
We wanted to provide you with the current statistics for social care in England for March 2022. This document includes …
Are you eligible for free COVID testing?
New guidance outlining free COVID-19 tests for specific groups, including care home residents and staff was published this week. However, …
Tax Changes Could Benefit You!
As you may already know, National Insurance payments are increasing in April, to fund social care in England and help …
Health and Social Care Levy: ‘A Significant Turning Point’
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, gave a speech at the ‘#FacingTheFuture Care England’ conference …
How to safely use PPE
We wanted to provide you with some information on how to safely put on and remove PPE. As you know, …
Government Update: Rejection to Social Care Cap
In September, the Government announced a cap on lifetime social care costs in England, which was planned to begin in …
Vaccination update: What is your stance?
Last week, I asked members of the Social Care community to partake in a poll, surrounding the new vaccination legislation …
COVID-19 Update
Vaccinations Last week, the government announced some new changes regarding the status of ‘Mandatory Vaccinations’ in the health & social …
The Benefits of Physical Activity for Disabled Children
Last week, new guidelines were published for the first time ever surrounding physical activities for disabled children and young people. …
Living with COVID-19
We wanted to keep you updated about the recent changes in legislation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and how this may …
KPMG and REC Report on Jobs January 2021
KPMG and REC have recently released their January edition of the UK Report on Jobs: National. This report looks at …
NatWest’s UK Sustainability PMI Report for November 2021
NatWest have recently released November’s edition of the UK Sustainability PMI report. This report shows that the nation’s businesses are …
KPMG and REC Report on Jobs November 2021
KPMG and REC have recently released November’s edition of the UK Report on Jobs: National. This report looks at both …
Recruitment and retention now requires out-of-the-box thinking!
As stated in previous weeks, the social care sector is under a lot of pressure when it comes to recruitment …
Why it has become even harder to recruit and retain staff in Social Care!
Skills for Care have just released their ‘State of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce in England’ report which …
KPMG and REC Report on Jobs August 2021
KPMG and REC have recently released August’s edition of the UK Report on Jobs: National. This report looks at both …
Service sector recovery is slow as demand for staff remains high!
IHS Markit and CIPS UK have released their UK Business Outlook Report for July 2021. This report reveals how confident …
Fully vaccinated frontline staff can work without self-isolation
Following some recent deliberation, the Department of Health and Social Care released confirmation that frontline health and social care staff …
The New National Strategy for Autistic Children, Young People and Adults
On 21st July 2021, the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department of Education published their national strategy …
Demand for staff in the service sector increases as job creation reaches a 7-year high!
Demand for staff in the service sector increases as job creation reaches a 7-year high! IHS Markit and CIPS UK …