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£600 million over the next two years will boost the capacity of the social care workforce and funding for the social care sector

Friday, July 28, 2023

The government has today unveiled a £600 million package to help with recruitment and retention in social care. The fund will support the social care workforce and boost capacity in social care, in turn supporting the NHS ahead of winter and through into next year.

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  • NHS Test & Trace Scam Alert

    Wednesday, June 3, 2020

    Trading standards are warning people to be wary of 'phishing' texts and emails and to 'think before you click' on a link in a text or email claiming to be from the NHS Test and Trace service. But how will you know if it’s genuine?

  • The COVID-19 NHS Test and Trace System Starts Today in England

    Thursday, May 28, 2020

    The COVID-19 NHS Test and Trace system for England starts today. Twenty Five Thousand contact tracers will make their first phone calls to track down people who will be told to self-isolate under a new scheme in England today. The contact tracing team will start by contacting the 2,013 people who tested positive for the virus yesterday – 28th May.

  • How to claim Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay

    Wednesday, May 20, 2020

    The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme will launch online on 26 May.
    The scheme will enable employers with fewer than 250 employees to claim coronavirus-related Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).

  • COVID-19: number of outbreaks in care homes in the West Midlands - Up to 10th May

    Friday, May 15, 2020

    The Government has released it's latest data showing the weekly number and percentage of care homes reporting a suspected or confirmed outbreak of COVID-19 to PHE by local authorities, regions and PHE centres. This is the third set of data released from the Government and it shows that the number of care homes in the West Midlands reporting a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 each week are fewer than the weeks last month.

  • Understanding the impact of Coronavirus on the Health and Social Care Workforce

    Tuesday, May 12, 2020

    For more than a month now, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been producing extra information about the various ways in which UK society and the economy are being affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Yesterday, the ONS published additional analysis looking at how deaths in England and Wales related to COVID-19 vary by occupation, and also on the occupations in the UK that have the highest potential exposure to COVID-19.

  • COVID-19: number of outbreaks in care homes in the West Midlands- Up to 3rd May

    Thursday, May 7, 2020

    The government now releases weekly data showing the weekly number and percentage of care homes reporting a suspected or confirmed outbreak of COVID-19 to PHE by local authorities, regions and PHE centres. This is the second set of data released from the government and it does appear that the number of care homes in the West Midlands reporting a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 is now falling in most local authority areas of the West Midlands.

  • Skills For Care COVID-19 Advice Line

    Tuesday, May 5, 2020

    Skills for Care has launched a new advice line to support registered managers, service managers, deputy managers and nominated individuals to support the Social Care sector through the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • COVID-19: number of outbreaks in care homes in the West Midlands

    Thursday, April 30, 2020

    COVID-19: number of COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes in the West Midlands, broken down into Local Authorities.

  • COVID-19: putting on and removing PPE – a guide for care homes (video)

    Thursday, April 23, 2020

    Public Health have released a video showing how to correctly put on and remove PPE within a care home setting.

  • Send Captain Tom a 100th Birthday Card

    Tuesday, April 21, 2020

    It's Captain Tom Moore's 100th Birthday on 30th April.

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