The number of modern slavery cases reported within the UK care industry has more than doubled in the past year. There were 109 potential victims exploited for personal or financial gain between January and March 2023 – twice as many as the same period in 2022. The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority’s (“GLAA”) role is …
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A new Conservative Group is angry at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for failing to deliver on promises made in the 2019 Conservative Manifesto to reduce immigration. Boris Johnson originally made this promise and at the time net immigration was 226,000. According to recent figures from the Office for National Statistics, this is now at 606,000. …
The Nuffield Trust, which is an independent UK health think tank, recently conducted a study into peoples’ perception of care workers in the UK. Findings from the study have been published in a research report titled, ‘New horizons: What can England learn from the professionalisation of care workers in other countries?’. The report states that …
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On 31 January 2022, the Government announced that it was looking to scrap vaccinations as a condition of deployment (VCOD) in health and all social care settings, with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care stating that “it is no longer proportionate to require Vaccination as a Condition of Deployment through statute.” This …
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On 14 April 2021 the Government announced it was launching a 5-week consultation on making COVID-19 vaccinations a condition for staff working in care homes with older residents. This cements the Government’s move from its previous position that vaccinations were “not mandatory and it would be discriminatory to force somebody to take one” (Feb 2021) …
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