Providing health checks by bus helped address unmet health needs among staff. This initiative won the Nursing in Social Care category in the 2024 Nursing Times Awards – and also the 2024 Nursing Times Workforce award for Best Staff Wellbeing Initiative. The post Mobile health checks: supporting social care staff via a wellbeing bus appeared first on Nursing Times.

A new inspection rating system for social care providers in Wales is being launched next week. The post CQC-style social care ratings system launching in Wales appeared first on Nursing Times.

A national body representing independent nursing homes and other care providers has launched a legal challenge against government plans to increase employers' national insurance contributions. The post Care providers launch legal challenge to national insurance hikes appeared first on Nursing Times.

The government has introduced new rules that will require social care sector employers to prioritise hiring migrant workers already in England before recruiting from overseas. The post Overseas recruitment tightened under new care worker visa rules appeared first on Nursing Times.

Rogue employers continue to exploit migrant nursing staff in adult social care, the Royal College of Nursing has said, as it makes fresh calls for a government intervention. The post Fresh calls for probe into migrant social care worker exploitation appeared first on Nursing Times.

The amount of funding provided to care homes to cover the cost of delivering registered nursing care will increase in 2025-26 by 7.7%. The post Care home funding for registered nurses to rise again appeared first on Nursing Times.