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Adults, Workforce, Social work leaders
Providers report 17% vacancy rate as staff shortages ‘threaten to overwhelm the sector’
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Adult social care needs £6.1bn funding boost to end ‘low cost, low value, low outcome’ approach
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Council urged to review all residential care placements since 2020 after failing to give family ‘genuine choice’
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Care homes face losing 40,000 staff from compulsory vaccinations policy
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