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• Social care needs a long-term workforce plan | Letters

  29-06-2023 19:16
  
  The undervaluing of social care is a betrayal of the hardworking healthcare professionals who got us through the pandemic, writes Rachael Dodgson, while Kalvin Morris calls for better-run care recruitmentYour editorial on care workers being undervalued and underpaid hits the nail on the head (25 June). There needs to be a long-term workforce plan for adult social care as well as the NHS to enhance the quality of care and support provided by both. We know that social care workers already seek job
  
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• Decision: Professional qualifications - EU Exit standstill provisions: review by the Secretary of State

  29-06-2023 15:00 via gov.uk
  
  The Secretary of State has undertaken a review of the standstill provisions and concludes that the recognition of certain European healthcare qualifications should continue.
  
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• Social worker vacancy rate in Wales falls amid England rise

  29-06-2023 14:18
  
  By Clare Jerrom
  Social worker vacancies have fallen in Wales as staff shortages in England have risen, show official figures.
  The social worker vacancy rate fell from 10.8% to 7.9% in the year to summer 2022 across Welsh council and local authority-commissioned services, according to Social Care Wales statistics. The vast majority of the data covered councils.
  This is in stark contrast to England, where the vacancy rate rose from 16.7% to 20% for social workers at all levels in council children&
  
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• Guidance: Applying for stage 2 of the local skills improvement fund

  29-06-2023 13:12 via gov.uk
  
  Information for further education providers about stage 2 of the local skills improvement fund, including eligibility requirements and how to apply.
  
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• Corporate report: ECITB annual report and accounts: 2022

  29-06-2023 11:09 via gov.uk
  
  Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) annual report and accounts for the year ending 31 December 2022.
  
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• Research: Technical education learner survey 2022

  29-06-2023 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  Findings from the second year of fieldwork for a survey of technical education learners, conducted in the summer of 2022.
  
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• Research: Technical education learner survey 2021

  29-06-2023 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  Findings from the first year of fieldwork for a survey of technical education learners, conducted in the summer of 2021.
  
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• Research: Serious youth violence research programme

  29-06-2023 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  Reports which explore how systems of support may protect young people from, or expose them to, involvement in serious youth violence.
  
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• Research: Educational psychology services: workforce insights and impact

  29-06-2023 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  A research report exploring the system, practice and reported impact of educational psychology services in England.
  
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• Transparency data: Evaluation of memorandum of understanding between DfE and GSHA

  29-06-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Outcomes of the memorandum of understanding between the Grammar School Heads Association (GSHA) and the government, between 2018 and 2022.
  
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• Statutory guidance: Home-to-school travel

  29-06-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Local authorities’ responsibilities when making home-to-school travel arrangements for children of compulsory school age.
  
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• Official Statistics: Student loan forecasts, England: 2022 to 2023

  29-06-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Forecasts of student borrower numbers, student loan expenditure and student loan repayments in England.
  
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• Official Statistics: Local authority school places scorecards 2022

  29-06-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  The scorecards display a snapshot of the progress local authorities are making in delivering good-quality school places.
  
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• Official Statistics: Graduate labour market statistics: 2022

  29-06-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  These statistics provide information on graduate, postgraduate and non-graduate employment rates and earnings for England.
  
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• Consultation outcome: Home to school travel and transport: statutory guidance

  29-06-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  We're seeking views on revised statutory guidance for local authorities on home to school travel and transport for children of statutory school age (5 to 16).
  
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• Press release: New digital health check to tackle deadly cardiovascular disease

  29-06-2023 01:01 via gov.uk
  
  Digital NHS Health Check to be rolled out across England next spring delivering an additional one million checks in the first four years
  
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