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HC-One invests £17m to increase wages for care workers in 'new pay and reward' scheme
Care home group HC-One has announced its largest ever investment of over £17 million to pay care workers above the Real Living Wage and ensure the work they do is “well rewarded, respected and professionalised.” Source: Care Feeds
Social care white paper 'utterly' fails to deal with 'immediate pressures' of winter
The government has delivered its long-awaited social care white paper today which includes £150m for digitisation and £500m to be spent on social care workforce, but MP’s and care leaders warn the paper should “urgently” support social care now, saying a “difficult winter” ahead needs immediate “solutions” or there will be “no social care system […]
Care workers in Hertfordshire get £400 bonuses to boost retention
Retention bonus payments worth £400 per person will be given to frontline care workers to stop them quitting their jobs this winter. Source: Care Feeds
Jason Statham thanks care home resident for her 'bravery' in birthday video message
Celebrating her 100 birthday, care home resident Joyce Ensell received a special video message from Hollywood legend Jason Statham thanking the ex-leading aircraftwoman for her “bravery” during World War Two and that she is the “true definition of what a hero is.” Source: Care Feeds