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Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock outlines proposals for a Health and Care Bill to support recovery from the pandemic. Originally published in The Times.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
New proposals launched to join up health and care services and embed lessons learned from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The public are being called upon to apply for short-term and long-term opportunities in the adult social care sector.
Professor Deborah Sturdy OBE will take up the new role to represent social care nurses and provide clinical leadership to the workforce.
An extra £68 million will help thousands more disabled people to access grants to improve their homes so they can live independently.
The letters set out arrangements for the designated settings scheme for people discharged to a care home with a positive COVID-19 test.
The number of fostering places and carers only increased slightly this year, despite demand being at its highest, new data shows.
Ofsted’s study highlights the importance of getting foster matches right for children’s futures, as well as keeping foster carers in the system.
The CMA has secured more than £1 million in refunds for those NHS funded residents at Care UK premium homes who paid an unfair additional fee towards essential care.
Overseas NHS and care workers can claim their reimbursement from the surcharge from today, fulfilling a pledge made by the Prime Minister in May.
Care providers will be given an extra £546 million to bolster infection control and help protect residents and staff throughout winter.
Letters from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the NHS to clinical commissioning groups and local authorities.
The local authority social services letter (LASSL) confirms specific revenue funding and grant allocations for adult social care services.
Ofsted has published statistics on private and voluntary providers of children’s homes and independent fostering agencies (IFAs).
People with learning disabilities or autism who could be better supported in their community will have their discharges from hospital accelerated.
We have closed the Ofsted Online site today as replacement web pages are now fully operational.
Amanda Spielman discusses our planned work in education and social care, as schools and colleges prepare to re-open for all pupils.
Ofsted will start visiting schools and colleges after the summer holidays to see how they are getting back up to speed, after being closed to most pupils and learners for so long.
The Global Vaccine Summit, hosted by the UK, raises US$ 8.8 billion to immunise 300m children and support the global fight against COVID-19.
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