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Minister refuses to back Hancock Covid claim of ‘protective ring’ for care homes

Helen Whately declines to endorse former health secretary’s 2020 assertion as pandemic public inquiry begins in earnest

The Guardian - UK

Government to seek volunteers for social care work amid staff shortages – report

Volunteers could do shopping and other errands as part of the programme being launched on Wednesday, The Guardian reported.

The Independent UK

Ministers seek volunteer social care army to speed up hospital discharges

Exclusive: Volunteers sought in England to take equipment and drugs to people’s homes among other tasks

The Guardian - UK

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'We couldn't say goodbye to our loved ones - MPs mustn't let it happen again'

Tearful families who were unable to say goodbye to their loved ones, including West End legend Ruthie Henshall, have told MPs that a new Gloria's Law giving them the right to contact those in hospital and care settings must be brought in

Daily Mirror

Tory minister accused of 'nastiness Olympics' in Question Time clash over asylum plan

A Government minister was savaged by fellow Question Time panel members over 'morally indefensible' proposals to lock up refugees who reach the UK by small boats in military bases and 'prison' barges

Daily Mirror

Question Time: Who's on tonight as Ash Sarkar and Nick Ferrari set to face-off

TONIGHT'S edition of Question Time on the BBC will be broadcast live from Bexhill-on-Sea, down in South East England – where John Logie Baird…

The National (Scotland)

Minister wants to see social care workers rewarded despite funding pledge cut

Helen Whately told the health and social care committee there was a ‘limited pot of taxpayers’ money’.

The Independent UK

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Bid to boost social carers' pay and ease chronic crisis clears first stage

A Labour backbencher's Bill to enforce rules around carers being paid for travel time has passed its first Commons hurdle - and is due to back in front of MPs in six months

Daily Mirror

Social care 'lowest paid of any job in Britain', spluttering top Tory is told

Care Minister Helen Whately faced a tough 90 minutes of questioning from MPs on the Commons Health and Social Care Committee over wage rates and chronic levels of vacancies

Daily Mirror

Jesmond widower’s anger at ‘slap in the face’ Government social care cuts

Bill Wilson is furious that the Government has reneged on a social care funding pledge.

Chronicle Live

Tory social care 'betrayal' sparks fury with plan to slash workforce funding in HALF

The Department of Health and Social Care quietly announced a move to halve promised cash for the social care workforce to £250 million which critics said would leave planned reforms to the struggling sector 'in tatters'

Daily Mirror

Halving social care workforce funding a ‘betrayal’, say charities and unions

The Government has been accused of a ‘smoke and mirrors attempt to sow confusion bundling these cuts alongside pre-announced funding’.

The Independent UK

Tory ministers accused of ‘insult’ to social care as workforce reform funding halved

Government promises on workforce ‘diluted beyond recognition’, say charities

The Independent UK

Millions cut from funding commitments for social care

The Government insisted it remains ‘fully dedicated’ to the 10-year vision for adult social care set out in a White Paper at the end of 2021.

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The Independent UK

Cutting millions from social care funding pledge ‘an insult to the sector’

The Government insisted it remains ‘fully dedicated’ to the 10-year vision for adult social care set out in a White Paper at the end of 2021.

Daily Mirror

Tories slip out plan to HALVE social care workforce funding as MPs on Easter break

Care minister Helen Whately announced she is slashing the £500million fund that had been promised to improve the recruitment and retainment of social care workers

The Independent UK

MP with cerebral palsy has been mocked and accused of being drunk, Commons hears

Paul Maynard told the Commons: ‘There will be people watching today on their TVs assuming I am drunk.’

Evening Standard

Government misses cancer target as 22,000 people wait more than two months for treatment

Social care minister Helen Whately admitted that the waiting list target has been well exceeded

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The Guardian - UK

Relatives locked out of UK care homes due to Covid call for visitor guarantee

Anger grows at care homes still restricting visits three years on from start of lockdowns, causing ‘extreme distress’

The Independent UK

‘Use of AI and Alexa in social care just the tip of the iceberg’

The social care minister said she wants to drive greater adoption of technology so that care staff can spend less time on paperwork.

The Independent UK

We back social care, says minister after report warns sector is ‘on precipice’

It comes as a new research laid out the funding difficulties and workforce challenges faced in adult social care.

Daily Mirror

Matt Hancock planned to 'celebrate' Piers Morgan's GMB exit during height of lockdown

Piers Morgan has claimed that former Health Secretary Matt Hancock had wanted to celebrate him being axed from Good Morning Britain during the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages: what he said v Covid context

As revelations from 100,000 messages emerge, here’s a reminder of the pandemic reality at the time

Chronicle Live

North East MPs grill health minister and call for non-dom status to be scrapped to fund new doctors and nurses

Chi Onwurah and Grahame Morris were among those to criticise the Government's stewardship of the NHS in a House of Commons debate this week.

The Independent UK

Key revelations from leak of Hancock WhatsApps

The messages shed light on government decision-making around Covid testing, school closures and care homes.

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