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• Care home chain bans residents’ families unless ‘essential care givers’

  15-12-2021 15:55
  
  Barchester angers families with rules on routine visits stricter than government guidanceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne of the UK’s largest private care providers has banned residents’ families from making in-person visits unless they are chosen as “essential care givers”, in a policy that has angered relatives and appears to breach government guidance.Barchester, whose facilities are home to around 11,000 people, has told families t
  
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• Let asylum seekers work in UK, migration advisers tell ministers

  15-12-2021 15:01
  
  Committee also calls for care workers to be offered fast-track visas to tackle sector’s severe staff shortagesA ban on work for asylum seekers should be lifted and care workers should immediately be given access to fast-track visas, the government’s independent advisers have recommended.The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) on Wednesday said the government should release evidence backing ministers’ claims that allowing claimants to work would be a “pull factor” for
  
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• Overactive bladder and urinary incontinence worsen with age

  15-12-2021 14:20
  If you're feeling more sudden urges to run to the bathroom as you age, you're not alone. A new study suggests postmenopausal women aged 45 to 54 years are more likely to have overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome. Additionally, obesity and multiple births put a woman at greater risk for stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
  
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• UK migration advisers call for care workers to be fast-tracked for visas

  15-12-2021 11:34
  
  Committee says care professionals should be added to government’s shortage occupation listCare workers should be added to the UK’s list of professions eligible for fast-tracked visas, the government’s independent advisers on migration have said.The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) on Wednesday recommended putting those working in social care on the shortage occupation list which was introduced after free movement of people across the EU ended in January. Continue reading...
  
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