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We need innovation to help health+care workforce through recovery
Covid-19 sparked innovation and transformation across health and social care, as well as many other sectors and in our everyday lives. We are pleased to see that the CQC, which according to some has, so far, been on the sidelines of the Covid fight, has captured and...
Eat, sleep, save, repeat
This is the story of three unprecedented months at Northwick Park Hospital in north-west London. It is one of many NHS Trusts where front-line staff had to withstand levels of pressure and anxiety that, not a long ago, would have been considered exceptional even for a...
The mental health time bomb
We need Recovery Champions
Can we prevent a mental health storm for health+care frontline staff?
While frontline teams in health and social care are still dealing with the acute phase of the pandemic, it is time for leaders to focus on preventing a mental health crisis for their burnt-out staff. This Guardian research is a timely reminder....
Government urged to recognise care staff as skilled workers
The Talent for Care team strongly supports the call to recognise care staff as skilled workers. After what we've seen and learnt in the last few weeks, it is hard to think that anyone would still want to brand front-line care staff as "unskilled". It is not just fair...
What can we learn from a November 2019 survey on care worker retention?
It feels like a lifetime ago when we published our “Care worker retention: can we fix the leak?” survey, in partnership with Care England. It was November 2019 and the world was a different place.
International recruitment in Social Care challenges and opportunities
The purpose of this executive survey, among Care England members, was to assess the relevance of International recruitment , in recent years and going forward, as a potential solution to the workforce challenges of our UK Care sector.
Care providers pen letter to PM over social care crisis
The Independent Care Group (ICG) has urged the prime minister to make social care his top domestic priority for the sake of the 1.4m people who currently can’t get the care they need.
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