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• An EU care worker's story: 'I want to make a difference in people's lives'

  13-07-2020 19:31
  
  Veronica Vorobet from Romania says EU workforce gives some stability to chronically understaffed UK care sector
  Veronica Vorobet learned about caring for people in her home country of Romania by nursing her grandmother and grandfather in the final months of their lives. In 2013, after their deaths, she decided to turn it into a career and moved to England to find a job using the freedom provided by EU membership.Vorobet, 36, is one of a quarter of a million care workers who are not UK nationals,
  
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• Care workers left unfairly exposed to coronavirus | Letters

  13-07-2020 18:09
  
  Chris Ball on why the potential for spreading coronavirus in the domiciliary care sector is huge, Frank Newhofer on an aspect of testing that needs to be addressed urgently and Elizabeth Pearson on why she does not want meal vouchersAditya Chakrabortty provides a timely reminder of the forgotten side of the social care system – carers in the homes of sick or disabled people (Care workers with coronavirus face an awful choice: live in poverty or risk killing your patient, 9 July). He rightl
  
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• Significantly less addictive opioid may slow progression of osteoarthritis while easing pain

  13-07-2020 18:00
  A new study reveals that kappa opioids, a significantly less addictive opioid, may preserve cartilage in joints and ease pain.
  
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• Family caregiving may not harm health of caregivers after all

  13-07-2020 16:43
  For decades, family caregiving has been thought to create a type of chronic stress that may lead to significant health risks or even death, alarming potential caregivers and presenting a guilt-ridden obstacle for those needing help.
  
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• Brexit: UK's new fast-track immigration system to exclude care workers

  13-07-2020 14:18
  
  Minimum salary thresholds to also remain in place, presenting additional barrier The government has set out further details of its post-Brexit immigration system, which will now include a fast-track arrangement for health workers, although care staff will not be eligible, and the same minimum salary thresholds remain in place.The 130-page paper, which was published by the Home Office on Monday, also sets out the stringent English-language conditions for overseas nationals from both EU and non-EU
  
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• Sunrise Senior Living UK Shortlisted For Prestigious Award For Its Approach to Risk Mitigation

  13-07-2020 09:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Care home operator, Sunrise Senior Living UK, has been shortlisted for ‘Best Approach to Risk Mitigation’ in the Excellence in Procurement Awards 2020. These are the top procurement awards in the UK, organised by the Chartered Institute of Procurement (CIPS).   This category rewards teams who have successfully managed business risk in order to safeguard […]
  
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• My working week: 'A worried mother calls me – her domestic abuser has broken his court order '

  13-07-2020 08:30
  
  Adapting to a new lifestyle during lockdown has taken a mental toll on some of the families I work withI am a senior support worker for a community project in Berkshire that supports children and parents affected by domestic abuse.Continue reading...
  
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• My working week: 'A worried mother calls me – her domestic abuser has broken his court order'

  13-07-2020 08:30
  
  Adapting to a new lifestyle during lockdown has taken a mental toll on some of the families I work withI am a senior support worker for a community project in Berkshire that supports children and parents affected by domestic abuse.Continue reading...
  
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• We Tories must keep our word – and fix the social care crisis now | Jeremy Hunt

  13-07-2020 08:00
  
  As health secretary I argued that the sector should receive extra cash. I was told this would follow – but we are still waitingEnding the crisis in social care has been a long-held ambition of those who enter Downing Street from whichever party – and was certainly one of mine as health secretary. But coronavirus has removed any possible excuse for the delay, as it has brutally exposed the fragility of the sector – alongside the bravery and service of those who work in it.As we
  
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• Care UK’s senior nurse welcomes NMC comments on care homes

  13-07-2020 07:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Care UK has welcomed the Nursing & Midwifery Council’s acknowledgement of the huge role care home teams have played during the coronavirus pandemic.   NMC Chief Executive and Registrar Andrea Sutcliffe CBE has taken the opportunity, while speaking at an event, to highlight how Covid-19 has changed the perception of social care nursing and how […]
  
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