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Migrant workers play key role in increasing social care workforce

Overseas recruitment played a key role in returning the adult social care workforce to growth ...

10 months

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UNISON warns of ‘significant rise’ in exploitation of migrant care staff

UNISON has warned of a “significant rise” in reports of unacceptable treatment of migrant care ...

10 months

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Meallmore care home celebrates 10th anniversary

Meallmore’s Antonine House in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire has celebrated its 10th anniversary.

10 months

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‘Unprecedented’ overseas hires leaves social care workforce vulnerable, report warns

Unprecedented levels of overseas recruitment has left social care vulnerable to competition for health workers ...

11 months

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Social care workers share their superpowers

People working in social care are being encouraged to share their superpowers in a new ...

11 months

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Nurse strikes end as RCN fails to reach ballot threshold

A strike ballot of RCN members has failed to meet the required threshold for industrial ...

11 months

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Care provider says migrant workforce allegations ‘misleading and sensationalist’

Cambian Children Services, part of the CareTech group, has issued a robust response to allegations ...

11 months

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Three-quarters of home care staff unpaid for travel between visits, UNISON finds

Three-quarters of home care staff are not being paid for the time it takes to ...

11 months

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Walfinch to share insight at largest show dedicated to care managers

Walfinch home care’s team is to provide insight at the largest show dedicated to care ...

11 months

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Care Home Heroes winners revealed

David Fielding, handyman at Forest Care’s Cedar Lodge Care Home in Surrey, has been named ...

11 months

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New research reveals strong sense of job satisfaction among UK carers

New research has revealed a strong sense of job satisfaction among UK carers despite challenging ...

11 months

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The Care Workers’ Charity launches employee grant giving scheme

With the care sector continuing to face a lack of support in 2023, The Care ...

11 months

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Skills for Care to help develop positive workplace culture

Skills for Care is providing information and resources to help social care teams develop a ...

11 months

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Workforce Development Fund opens for grant applications

Skills for Care’s Workforce Development Fund (WDF) is now open for grant applications for 2023-24.

11 months

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New Care becomes first care provider to achieve inclusion and diversity award

New Care has become the UK’s first health and social care organisation to achieve an ...

12 months

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Hull care home appoints senior clinical nursing lead

A residential care home in Hull has recruited a senior clinical nurse to lead its ...

12 months

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Staff rack up 145 years of service at Healthcare Homes’ nursing home

Staff at Healthcare Homes’ Barking Hall nursing home in Suffolk have racked up 145 years ...

12 months

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Athena Care Homes hosts career pathway session for team members

East Anglian care home company, Athena Care Homes, has hosted a career pathway session for ...

12 months

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Nurse numbers reach record levels in the UK

The number of registered nurses, midwives and nursing associates grew by 30,351 to 788,638 in ...

12 months

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Agency nurses paying £125 weekly rent to live at Guernsey care home

Agency nurses are paying £125 a week rent to live at a Guernsey care home ...

12 months

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EXCLUSIVE: Conference calls for new ‘mind set’ on health and social care integration

NHS and social care leaders came together in London yesterday to discuss workforce wellbeing, integration ...

12 months

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Research highlights care sector pay gap

Surrey care workers earn 20% less than those with comparable skills and experience in other ...

12 months

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Parklands Care Homes offers £2,000 welcome bonus to new nurses

Scottish care operator Parklands Care Home is offering up to £2,000 as a welcome bonus ...

1 year

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Church Farm Care increases salaries to 5% above National Minimum Wage

Nottingham nursing and dementia care home specialist, Church Farm Care, has been named an accredited ...

1 year

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Meallmore Group appoints new manager for Greenock care home

Scottish care home operator Meallmore Group has appointed Anne Gardner as the new manager at ...

1 year

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Council asks care providers to pay workers additional £1 per hour

Dorset Council is asking care providers to pay their care workers an additional £1 per ...

1 year

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Petition calls for social care pay parity with the NHS

A new petition is calling for a minimum care worker wage aligned with NHS Band ...

1 year

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RCN members vote to accept Four Seasons Health Care pay award

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members employed by Four Seasons Health Care and brighterkind have ...

1 year

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NHS pay deal ‘just scratches the surface’ of health and social care needs

A pay deal announced between government and unions “just scratches the surfaces” of workforce needs ...

1 year

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Tributes paid as long-serving care home manager retires

Tributes have been paid to a long-serving care home manager who has retired after 11 ...

1 year

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Award winning author to speak at MHA’s annual Walter Hall seminar

Award winning author Madeleine Bunting is the keynote speaker at MHA’s annual Walter Hall seminar.

1 year

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Nominations open for the 25^th National Care Awards

Nominations are open for the 25th National Care Awards organised by Caring Times.

1 year

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Care Friends recruitment app wins prestigious innovation award

The Care Friends recruitment app has been honoured in the first ever King’s Awards for ...

1 year

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BREAKING NEWS: CQC staff announce one-day strike in escalation of pay row

Hundreds of CQC staff are to strike for one day in a dispute over pay, ...

1 year

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Shaw healthcare accused of ‘bullying’ workforce into contract changes

UNISON has accused Shaw healthcare of “bullying” behaviour after it launched a consultation on a ...

1 year

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CQC staff launch industrial action over pay dispute

CQC staff, include care home inspectors, have begun work to rule action this week in ...

1 year

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BREAKING NEWS: RCN nurses announce 48-hour strike after rejecting NHS pay offer

Royal College of Nursing members are to stage a 48-hour from 30 April to 2 ...

1 year

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BREAKING NEWS: Ambulance and nurse union accepts NHS pay offer

UNISON health members representing ambulance crews and nursing staff have voted to accept an NHS ...

1 year

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Arcadia Care Homes announces 30% pay rise for all team members

Arcadia Care Homes has increased its pay for all team members by 30% to a ...

1 year

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MHA staff members celebrate combined service of 30 years

Three staff members at MHA Aigburth in Leicester have celebrated their 10-year work anniversary.

1 year

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Anchor achieves care and housing first as an inclusive employer

Anchor has become the first not-for-profit care and housing provider to win a prestigious inclusive ...

1 year

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Long servers rack up 80 years at Sheffield supported living service

Leading adult social care provider National Care Group is recognising long servers who have collectively ...

1 year

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Ambulance and nurse unions begin vote on government pay offer

NHS ambulance staff, nurses and physiotherapists have begun voting on a government pay offer which ...

1 year

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Sanctuary Care shortlisted for workplace mental health and wellbeing award

Sanctuary Care is celebrating after being shortlisted for a national workplace mental health and wellbeing ...

1 year

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Greensleeves Care makes record £8.4m pay investment

Not-for-profit care home provider Greensleeves Care is investing £8.4 million in raising workforce wages by ...

1 year

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Walfinch carer wins Mum Test to celebrate Mother’s Day

A Surrey carer has been crowned winner of a home care accolade in celebration of ...

1 year

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Government and NHS unions announce pay deal

Over one million NHS staff in England will receive an additional pay rise as part ...

1 year

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Seabrook appointed home manager at Bethel House care home

Mike Seabrook has been appointed home manager at Hartford Care’s Bethel House care home in ...

1 year

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Ideal Carehomes announces record pay rise for staff

Ideal Carehomes has announced a record 8.5% pay rise for all hourly paid staff.

1 year

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Care home residents pay tribute to Ukrainian team member

Care home residents have paid tribute to a Ukrainian staff member after she marked her ...

1 year

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Sandstone Care Group manager celebrates 15th anniversary

Tracey Hartley, of Sandstone Care Group, is celebrating her 15th anniversary as manager of Longridge ...

1 year

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Suffolk care home boosted by newly qualified nurses

Four carers at Athena Care Homes’ Avocet Court in Ipswich have passed their exams enabling ...

1 year

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Thousands attend first national care careers conference for students

Thousands of young people attended the first ever national care careers conference for students in ...

1 year

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The Orders of St John Care Trust invests £6m in Real Living Wage

Leading not-for-profit care provider The Orders of St John Care Trust (OSJCT) is investing £6 ...

1 year

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Care homes celebrate International Women’s Day

MHA Connell Court resident shares her thoughts on equity for International Women’s Day Care homes ...

1 year

Policy & Politics

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Care home job ‘saved me and gave me purpose’, says MHA long-server

Christine Oxby who has been at the MHA home since 2002 was presented with her ...

1 year

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Proactive recruitment drive results in 15 job offers in a day for Athena Care Homes

A recruitment drive organised by Athena Care Homes for an Ipswich care home resulted in ...

1 year

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Abbeyfield announces overall 15% hike in frontline staff wages

Older peoples’ housing charity, The Abbeyfield Society, has announced it is increasing the wages of ...

1 year

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Signature Senior Lifestyle staff receive 10% pay rise

Luxury care home provider, Signature Senior Lifestyle, has invested £4.7 million in a 9.6% pay ...

1 year

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Ed Balls joins first national care careers conference line-up

Broadcaster, writer and former politician, Ed Balls, has joined the line-up for the first national ...

1 year

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Cornerstone welcomes nurses from India

Complex care provider, Cornerstone Healthcare, has welcomed nine new starters from overseas this month through ...

1 year

Specialist Care

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New nurse strike action to include critical care

New strike action announced by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is to be the ...

1 year

Clinical

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Elysium Healthcare celebrates overseas nurse programme milestone

Elysium Healthcare, a provider of mental health, neurological, learning disabilities & autism, children & education, ...

1 year

Specialist Care

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Exemplar Health Care to create 100 jobs at specialist care home

Exemplar Health Care is recruiting for over 100 roles for a new care home in ...

1 year

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Two-thirds of nurses and healthcare workers choosing between food and fuel

Two-thirds (63%) of nurses and healthcare workers are choosing between food and fuel with almost ...

1 year

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HC-One launches apprenticeship prospectus

Niall Hutton, nursing assistant, Capwell Grange Care Home HC-One is launching a new apprenticeship prospectus ...

1 year

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Meallmore appoints new manager at Alloa care home

Parklands Care Home in Alloa, part of the Meallmore group, has appointed Shelley Watters as ...

1 year

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Nurses stage second day of strike action

NHS nurses in England are today staging their second day of strike action as part ...

1 year

Clinical

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Five people handed anti-slavery orders for care home worker ‘exploitation’

Five people suspecting of recruiting and exploiting Indian students working in care homes in North ...

1 year

Regulation & Inspection

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Coverage Care Services celebrates National Apprenticeship Week

Mischa Marshall, deputy manager and former apprentice, Coverage Care Services Shropshire care company Coverage Care ...

1 year

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Nurse and ambulance staff launch strike action in England

Nurse and ambulance staff have launched strike action today in England as part of an ...

1 year

Clinical

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New Care appoints wellbeing co-ordinator

New Care has appointed a wellbeing co-ordinator at its Wilmslow Manor Care Centre, to develop ...

1 year

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Meallmore appoints new manager of Aberdeenshire care home

Meallmore has announced the appointment of William Narvaez as the new care home manager of ...

1 year

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Specialist care home recruits for over 100 roles

Specialist care provider Exemplar Health Care is recruiting for more than 100 positions at its ...

1 year

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Call for social care wage floor at £2 above the minimum wage

A new report has called for a social care wage floor set at £2 above ...

1 year

Research

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NHS physiotherapists launch strike action in England

NHS physiotherapists in England have today launched their first ever strike over pay.

1 year

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HC-One supports colleagues with new benefits and rewards initiatives

HC-One, the UK’s largest care home provider of residential, nursing and dementia care, has launched ...

1 year

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Ideal Carehomes creates 65 jobs at Newark care home

Ideal Carehomes is recruiting for up to 65 team members for a new care home ...

1 year

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Awareness week to celebrate reasons why staff care

Next week sees the launch of a dedicated awareness week to celebrate the reasons why ...

1 year

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Bupa launches health benefits scheme for frontline employees

Care home workers are among 15,000 frontline staff benefiting from a new Bupa health benefits ...

1 year

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Oakland Care recognised as ‘top employer’ for third year running

Luxury care home provider Oakland Care has been recognised as a ‘top employer’ for the ...

1 year

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Care career conference set to attract hundreds of school pupils into care

Hallmark Foundation and Working Options in Education are hosting a free national care conference for ...

1 year

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Ambulance staff strike again in England and Wales

Strike action by ambulance staff represented by three union has begun today again in England ...

1 year

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Scottish Labour calls for £15 an hour wage for social care workers

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has called for a rise in social care worker wages ...

1 year

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Stafford care home recruits locals

Cheryl Maitland, registered manager, Falcon House The ECHO Group’s Falcon House, a new £1.75 million, ...

1 year

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Unite announces 10 more strike dates as ambulance dispute escalates

Unite the union has announced 10 strike days by ambulance workers as the dispute with ...

1 year

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Three in five ‘deskless’ workers say ‘pandemic hangover’ stifling growth

Three in five (59%) ‘deskless’ workers, including care staff, say a ‘pandemic hangover’ is stifling ...

1 year

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Ambulance staff announce more strike dates

Ambulance staff have followed nurses in announcing new strike dates over the coming weeks.

1 year

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Nurses launch two-day strike action for better pay

NHS nursing staff in England will go on strike today and tomorrow as part of ...

1 year

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Nurses announce new strike dates in February

New strike dates in February have been announced by nurses in England and Wales after ...

1 year

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NHS strike action set to go ahead this month

Planned strike action by nurses and ambulance staff in England looks set to go ahead ...

1 year

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Regulator praises new management at Sanctuary Care home

The Scottish care regulator has praised the new management team at a Sanctuary Care home ...

1 year

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Hiring toolkit supports safer social care recruitment

A first-of-its-kind hiring toolkit has been launched to help care sector employers maker safer recruitment ...

1 year

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Cornerstone Healthcare rewards staff with inflation beating rises

Award winning care home provider, Cornerstone Healthcare, has rewarded its staff with inflation beating pay ...

1 year

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Report calls for immediate pay rise for social care workforce and parity with NHS

A new report has called for an immediate pay rise for the social care workforce ...

1 year

Research

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Court backs Barchester decision to sack five anti-vaxxers

A court has backed Barchester Healthcare’s decision to sack five care home workers who refused ...

1 year

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Real living wage campaigners demonstrate at Barchester’s HQ

Campaigners have called on Barchester Healthcare to commit to paying all workers the real living ...

1 year

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Nurses begin largest strike in history

Up to 100,000 nursing staff have launched strike action in England, Northern Ireland and Wales ...

1 year

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HEALTHCARE SUMMIT 2022: Care homes approaching ‘tipping point’ as leaders warn of closures

Care home leaders have warned the sector is fast approaching “tipping point” due to soaring ...

1 year

Policy & Politics

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Hartford Care appoints head of sales and marketing to support growth strategy

Hartford Care has appointed David Martins to its newly created role of head of sales ...

1 year

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Migrant workers play key role in increasing social care workforce

UNISON warns of ‘significant rise’ in exploitation of migrant care staff

Meallmore care home celebrates 10th anniversary

‘Unprecedented’ overseas hires leaves social care workforce vulnerable, report warns

Social care workers share their superpowers

Nurse strikes end as RCN fails to reach ballot threshold

Care provider says migrant workforce allegations ‘misleading and sensationalist’

Three-quarters of home care staff unpaid for travel between visits, UNISON finds

Walfinch to share insight at largest show dedicated to care managers

Care Home Heroes winners revealed

New research reveals strong sense of job satisfaction among UK carers

The Care Workers’ Charity launches employee grant giving scheme

Skills for Care to help develop positive workplace culture

Workforce Development Fund opens for grant applications

New Care becomes first care provider to achieve inclusion and diversity award

Hull care home appoints senior clinical nursing lead

Staff rack up 145 years of service at Healthcare Homes’ nursing home

Athena Care Homes hosts career pathway session for team members

Nurse numbers reach record levels in the UK

Agency nurses paying £125 weekly rent to live at Guernsey care home

EXCLUSIVE: Conference calls for new ‘mind set’ on health and social care integration

Research highlights care sector pay gap

Parklands Care Homes offers £2,000 welcome bonus to new nurses

Church Farm Care increases salaries to 5% above National Minimum Wage

Meallmore Group appoints new manager for Greenock care home

Council asks care providers to pay workers additional £1 per hour

Petition calls for social care pay parity with the NHS

RCN members vote to accept Four Seasons Health Care pay award

NHS pay deal ‘just scratches the surface’ of health and social care needs

Tributes paid as long-serving care home manager retires

Award winning author to speak at MHA’s annual Walter Hall seminar

Nominations open for the 25th National Care Awards

Care Friends recruitment app wins prestigious innovation award

BREAKING NEWS: CQC staff announce one-day strike in escalation of pay row

Shaw healthcare accused of ‘bullying’ workforce into contract changes

CQC staff launch industrial action over pay dispute

BREAKING NEWS: RCN nurses announce 48-hour strike after rejecting NHS pay offer

BREAKING NEWS: Ambulance and nurse union accepts NHS pay offer

Arcadia Care Homes announces 30% pay rise for all team members

MHA staff members celebrate combined service of 30 years

Anchor achieves care and housing first as an inclusive employer

Long servers rack up 80 years at Sheffield supported living service

Ambulance and nurse unions begin vote on government pay offer

Sanctuary Care shortlisted for workplace mental health and wellbeing award

Greensleeves Care makes record £8.4m pay investment

Walfinch carer wins Mum Test to celebrate Mother’s Day

Government and NHS unions announce pay deal

Seabrook appointed home manager at Bethel House care home

Ideal Carehomes announces record pay rise for staff

Care home residents pay tribute to Ukrainian team member

Sandstone Care Group manager celebrates 15th anniversary

Suffolk care home boosted by newly qualified nurses

Thousands attend first national care careers conference for students

The Orders of St John Care Trust invests £6m in Real Living Wage

Care homes celebrate International Women’s Day

Care home job ‘saved me and gave me purpose’, says MHA long-server

Proactive recruitment drive results in 15 job offers in a day for Athena Care Homes

Abbeyfield announces overall 15% hike in frontline staff wages

Signature Senior Lifestyle staff receive 10% pay rise

Ed Balls joins first national care careers conference line-up

Cornerstone welcomes nurses from India

New nurse strike action to include critical care

Elysium Healthcare celebrates overseas nurse programme milestone

Exemplar Health Care to create 100 jobs at specialist care home

Two-thirds of nurses and healthcare workers choosing between food and fuel

HC-One launches apprenticeship prospectus

Meallmore appoints new manager at Alloa care home

Nurses stage second day of strike action

Five people handed anti-slavery orders for care home worker ‘exploitation’

Coverage Care Services celebrates National Apprenticeship Week

Nurse and ambulance staff launch strike action in England

New Care appoints wellbeing co-ordinator

Meallmore appoints new manager of Aberdeenshire care home

Specialist care home recruits for over 100 roles

Call for social care wage floor at £2 above the minimum wage

NHS physiotherapists launch strike action in England

HC-One supports colleagues with new benefits and rewards initiatives

Ideal Carehomes creates 65 jobs at Newark care home

Awareness week to celebrate reasons why staff care

Nominations open for the 25^th National Care Awards