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Ministers set to halve the £500m promised to invest in staffing of sector with more than 165,000 vacancies, report saysPolitics live – latest updatesMinisters are poised to cut £250m from investment in the social care workforce in England, it has been …
Charity’s report highlights scale of unmet support need owing to huge shortfalls in workforceHundreds of thousands of older people in England are having to endure chronic pain, anxiety and unmet support needs owing to the worsening shortage of social c…
Bereaved billed up to month’s worth of care, despite UK regulator saying such charges are likely to be illegalBereaved families are being charged thousands of pounds in care home fees after the death of a relative in residential care, despite the compe…
Care England says current funding is ‘inadequate’ if homes are to pay staff more and manage rehabilitationCare providers are demanding double the usual fees to look after thousands of people who need to be discharged from hospitals to ease the crisis i…
Overworked staff allocated extremely short care calls by local authority struggling to meet users’ needsCare workers are taking as little as three minutes to help vulnerable people in their own homes, the social care ombudsman has found, after discover…