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• Guidance: Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib): revised recommendations for the prevention of secondary cases

  04-09-2024 18:44 via gov.uk
  
  These guidelines on the prevention of secondary cases have been developed following a review of the epidemiology of invasive Hib disease.
  
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• Not the role of social work courses to train students in specialist practice areas, say academic leaders

  04-09-2024 18:22
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.It is not the job of pre-qualifying social work courses to train social workers in specialist areas of practice, academic leaders have said.
  The Joint Universities Social Work Association (JUSWA) issued the statement in response to a BBC investigation that found that 37% of courses in England did not deliver specific training for students on coercive and controlling behaviour, in the context
  
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• Woman, 86, told she no longer has to repay £13,000 in benefits in DWP U-turn

  04-09-2024 17:42
  
  Exclusive: Case of Sia Kasparis, who has dementia, had been highlighted in Guardian investigation into unpaid careUK politics live – latest updatesAn 86-year-old woman with advanced dementia has been told by the government she no longer has to repay a £13,000 benefit debt after her case was highlighted by the Guardian.Sia Kasparis, who is partially blind and has been bed-bound for two years, was ordered to repay the huge sum after officials said she had failed to notify them her son
  
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• Speech: Jacqui Smith's speech at the Universities UK conference

  04-09-2024 16:15 via gov.uk
  
  Skills Minister Jacqui Smith delivers a speech at the Universities UK conference
  
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• Guidance: School admission appeals data collection 2025: guide

  04-09-2024 15:51 via gov.uk
  
  Guide for local authorities to help them complete and return the school admission appeals data collection 2025.
  
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• Guidance: Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017: guidance

  04-09-2024 13:00 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance on the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 for employers and health professionals who carry out medical radiological procedures.
  
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• Guidance: Targeted retention incentive payments for school teachers

  04-09-2024 12:00 via gov.uk
  
  Eligible chemistry, computing, mathematics and physics teachers can apply for targeted retention incentive payments between October and March.
  
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• Guidance: Targeted retention incentive payments for FE teachers

  04-09-2024 12:00 via gov.uk
  
  Eligible further education (FE) teachers can apply for the first round of targeted retention incentive payments from October 2024 until spring 2025.
  
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• 60% of community social care services have no or ‘outdated’ performance rating, analysis finds

  04-09-2024 11:38
  
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  Sixty per cent of community social care services in England have no or an ‘outdated’ performance rating, an analysis of Care Quality Commission (CQC) data has found.
  Almost a quarter of home care, extra care, shared lives or supported living services (23%) had never been rated by the CQC as of June 2024, despite more than half of these having been registered with the regulator f
  
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• ‘Our clients were invisible until our team came into being’: leading a service supporting homeless people

  04-09-2024 10:00
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Sara Galvin’s tenacity in supporting and advocating for vulnerable people is admirable.
  It is an ethos she has put into practice in running Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust’s (CWPT) mental health homeless pathway service, helping anyone who is homeless or at risk of eviction due to mental illness to access accommodation and therapy.
  In 2021, she took on managing th
  
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• UNISON opens strike ballot over local government pay offer

  04-09-2024 01:01
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.UNISON members are being asked to vote on whether to take action over this year’s local government pay offer for staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
  The union opened a ballot of over 360,000 members today by reiterating its call for employers to return to the negotiating table with an improved offer. However, council leaders have held firm that their offer will not be enhance
  
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• Councils in England draining reserves to stay afloat, leaders say

  04-09-2024 01:01
  
  Survey of 24 city authorities finds two in five plan to sell off assets and reduce servicesLocal authority leaders say they are having to drain their financial reserves to keep services afloat and avoid effective bankruptcy.A survey of the mid-tier group of English city councils, which includes Southampton, Hull, Sunderland and Norwich, found that many that had previously avoided financial difficulties during periods of austerity were close to running out of funds. Continue reading...
  
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