• Home care firm accused of failing to pay minimum wage

    Nationwide Care Services does not pay workers for time spent travelling between appointments, whistleblowers sayA firm supplying hundreds of home carers has been accused of failing to pay workers for travel time between appointments, meaning they earn less than the minimum wage, a Guardian investigation can reveal.Whistleblowers allege that Nationwide Care Services, which has eight branches across the Midlands employing more than 400 staff, does not pay its employees for the time taken to get to
  • NHS England loses 6,000 mental health nurses in 10 years

    Recruitment and training crisis ‘hits the most vulnerable in society’, says Royal College of NursingThe number of mental health nurses in England has slumped by more than a tenth over the past decade, new figures have revealed. This is despite commitments from both Theresa May and her predecessor, David Cameron, to boost resources for mental health services, which many medical professionals say are now in crisis.The total mental health nursing workforce has decreased by 10.6% since 2

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