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Government taken to task over sleep-in-pay as Supreme Court hearing date announced
Whilst the uncertainty over care workers’ rights for sleep-in shift work continues, the long-awaited hearing for the Supreme Court has finally been announced, but it’s not until February 2020. Source: Care Feeds
'Pink drink' brain cancer treatment rolled out across NHS in memory of Baroness Jowell
A game changing ‘pink drink’ brain cancer treatment championed by the late Tessa Jowell is to become widely available on the NHS, the health secretary Matt Hancock has announced. Source: Care Feeds
One in two care workers verbally and physically abused by care home residents
Nearly half of care workers in care homes have been both physically and verbally abused by the residents they are supporting, according to new research. Source: Care Feeds
Pharmacists drafted into care homes to stop over-medication of elderly
Hundreds of pharmacists are to be sent into care homes to check elderly people are not consuming an unnecessary cocktail of drugs, NHS England has announced. Source: Care Feeds
