Care England Daily Press Round-Up
Social care’s improving workforce figures mask a growing concern with no plan to address
'A vacancy rate tells you how many posts are filled today. It does not tell you whether the pipeline filling them is stable or sustainable'
The hidden crisis hollowing out adult social care in the UK: precious day centres are being sold off
Countless spaces for adults with complex needs have been shut down. If Andy Burnham wants to fix social care, keeping them open must be a priority
Doubling leave to remain timeframe for UK care workers ‘cruel’, say campaigners
Doubling the leave to remain timeframe for care workers to 10 years is “cruel and unconscionable”, according to workers rights campaigners who back a Home Office minister’s proposal to exclude the cohort from the government’s immigration plans.
Andy Burnham urged to ban private companies making profit from social care
A new report from the Co-operative Party - Labour's sister party, argues that the co-operative model - which reinvests profit rather than extracting it - should be part of the solution to Britain's broken social care system.
Want to know what Andy Burnham would do in government? Take a look at his past
Consider social care. As health secretary in 2009, Burnham proposed a free-at-the-point-of-use care service in England, paid for by abolishing inheritance tax and introducing a 10% levy on all estates – only to see it labelled a “death tax” by the Conservatives. It appears he is ready for another go. Last month, Burnham told the Guardian he “wouldn’t flinch” from tax changes to fund a social care service in England, and would like to see the anticipated Casey review into adult social care (currently kicked down the road to 2028) published as soon as the end of the year.
Increasing leave to remain timeframe for UK care workers ‘cruel’, say campaigners
Extending the leave to remain timeframe for care workers to 15 years is “cruel and unconscionable”, according to workers rights campaigners who back a Home Office minister’s proposal to exclude the cohort from the government’s immigration plans.
EXCLUSIVE | Rebekah Cresswell, CEO, Priory Group: Social care is national infrastructure, not a safety net
In this exclusive guest column, Priory Group CEO Rebekah Cresswell calls for a shift in perspective, arguing that adult social care must be funded and valued as essential national infrastructure
Government and Stakeholder News
New framework launched to strengthen behaviour change practice in adult social care
Skills for Care has launched a new Behaviour Change Competencies Framework for the adult social care workforce, developed with the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) in partnership with people working across the sector.
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