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• Transparency data: New Hospital Programme: SRO appointment letter

  28-04-2025 15:59 via gov.uk
  Appointment letter from DHSC confirming appointment of the senior responsible owners (SROs) of the New Hospital Programme.
  
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• Transparency data: NHS Future Workforce Solution Programme: SRO appointment letter

  28-04-2025 15:58 via gov.uk
  Appointment letter from DHSC confirming appointment of the senior responsible owner (SRO) of the NHS Future Workforce Solution Programme.
  
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• Cost of living boost for millions as prescription charges frozen

  28-04-2025 14:21 via gov.uk
  Millions of patients are getting a cost of living boost as the government freezes prescription charges for the first time in three years.
  
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• AI, Social Work, and Our Shared Future: A BASW UK Perspective - British Association of Social Workers

  28-04-2025 14:00 via news.google.com
  AI, Social Work, and Our Shared Future: A BASW UK Perspective  British Association of Social Workers
  
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• Starmer urged to ‘save supported housing’ in face of sector financial ‘crisis’

  28-04-2025 13:44
  
  Keir Starmer has been urged to “save supported housing” in England in the face of a “financial crisis” facing the sector.
  The call came in a letter to the prime minister and chancellor Rachel Reeves from the leaders of over 150 social care, housing, voluntary sector and local government organisations delivered last week.
  Years of funding cuts amid rising costs and increasing demand had left many services “unviable”, they said.
  As of June 2024, one in three pro
  
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• Education Secretary appoints new chair of Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel

  28-04-2025 13:00 via gov.uk
  Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has appointed Sir David Holmes as the new Chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
  
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• Primary assessments: future dates

  28-04-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  This page summarises future assessment dates in primary schools, to assist schools with their forward planning.
  
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• Guidance: Supporting all readers in secondary school

  28-04-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  A short course for secondary school staff and leaders to support readers at all levels.
  
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• Funding for national professional qualifications (NPQs)

  28-04-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  Funding for courses and educational settings to help teachers and leaders take NPQs for their professional development.
  
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• Advanced Social Worker & Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Qualified,Emergency Duty Service

  28-04-2025 10:06
  
  https://jobs.communitycare.co.uk/job/1401768642/advanced-social-worker-and-approved-mental-health-professional-amhp-qualified-emergency-duty-service/
  
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• AI, Social Work, and Our Shared Future: A BASW UK Perspective - British Association of Social Workers | BASW

  28-04-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
  AI, Social Work, and Our Shared Future: A BASW UK Perspective  British Association of Social Workers | BASW
  
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• Regulator consults on dropping requirement for social workers to report gender identity

  28-04-2025 08:00
  
  Social Work England is consulting on removing the requirement for practitioners to report their gender identity when registering with the regulator.
  It is also proposing to change its registration rules to tighten English language requirements for social workers applying to register from overseas, in line with standards applied by other regulators.
  The plan to cease collecting data on gender identity is designed to align with 2023 government guidance on public bodies’ duties under the Equa
  
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• Empowering people with Parkinson’s to lead fulfilling lives

  28-04-2025 07:50
  
  Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological disorder that affects movement, muscle control and balance.
  People living with Parkinson’s often face daily challenges, such as tremors, stiffness and slowness of movement, which can significantly impact their quality of life. Beyond the physical symptoms, many also experience anxiety and depression, adding emotional hurdles to their journey. There are over 40 symptoms of Parkinson’s and everyone’s experience is different.
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• Research: School and college voice: omnibus surveys for 2024 to 2025

  28-04-2025 01:01 via gov.uk
  
  Findings from regular surveys of school and college teachers and leaders.
  
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• Research: Parent, pupil and learner voice: omnibus surveys for 2024 to 2025

  28-04-2025 01:01 via gov.uk
  
  Findings from regular surveys of primary and secondary school pupils’ parents or carers, secondary school pupils and 16 to 18 learners.
  
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• Major NHS App expansion cuts waiting times

  28-04-2025 01:01 via gov.uk
  
  Reform of NHS App stops 1.5 million hospital appointments being missed, with 87% of hospitals now offering services through NHS App.
  
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• Millions of families to benefit from lower school uniform costs

  28-04-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  Government to cut school uniform costs for around 4.2 million children, saving families an estimated £73 million per year.
  
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