Overseas recruitment of care workers will end by 2028, under plans set out by the government today. The post Government to ban overseas care worker recruitment appeared first on Nursing Times.

Deep reform to adult social care cannot be “kicked down the road any longer”, say health leaders, after the publication of a new report by the UK Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee. The post End social care ‘status quo’ and enact reforms, MPs demand appeared first on Nursing Times.

The independent commission that will lay the groundwork for a new national care service in England has officially got underway. The government has today published the terms of reference for Baroness Casey of Blackstock’s review of adult social care. “I want to make sure everyone… The post Casey Commission: adult social care review gets started appeared first on Nursing Times.

Lucy Gillespie, Skills for Care's national professional lead for nursing, discusses why nurses should work towards inclusive language that values people and their contributions to health and care. The post ‘It’s really important to consider the impact our narratives have on people’ appeared first on Nursing Times.

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.