The Health and Safety Executive has recently launched a new health strategy, with a focus on two areas that could have a big impact on businesses and staff working in the care sector – managing stress and musculoskeletal disorders. It’s likely the HSE will look at work-related stress in… read more »
CFW has been asked to join the Cavendish Coalition to help lobby the UK government about foreign workers in the NHS and social care sector post Brexit. Mary Wimbury, senior policy officer for CFW, said: “The coalition, which includes the… read more »
Just a reminder that if you are working in frontline social care, especially with older or frail people, you should get a flu jab as we are approaching the peak part of the year for flu infections. CFW continues to… read more »
Does someone in your organisation or across the social care workforce sector deserve to be recognised for their dedication to social care in Wales? Is your organisation committed to Dignity in Care? If the answer to either of the questions… read more »
A £10m increase in funding for social care has been described as a “sticking plaster” that won’t cover a massive funding gap. The additional money for the sector was announced by Rebecca Evans, AM, the Welsh Government’s Minister for Social… read more »
A health authority in England has been fined by the Health & Safety Executive after the death of a patient on a specialist dementia ward. The fine, which has been highlighted for members by Care Forum Wales’ health and safety… read more »
2016 has been a difficult year for those of us in social care with budgets continuing to be squeezed, costs rising and the numbers who need social care continuing to increase with our ageing population. But we are starting to… read more »
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market study into care homes for older people to investigate whether current practices breach consumer laws. The CMA study will look very closely at reports of potentially unfair practices and contract… read more »
Care Forum Wales chair Mario Kreft, pictured, has warned that the social care sector will collapse unless the Welsh Government invests more money in independently-run care homes and domiciliary care. He was speaking after the UK Government gave the go-ahead… read more »
An important report from the Welsh Assembly’s Health, Social Care & Sport Committee on winter pressures which quotes extensively from the evidence given by Care Forum Wales. Download a copy of the report here. The first recommendation is that the… read more »