Even before the pandemic, there were over 124,000 care-worker vacancies in the UK. Art_Photo | Shutterstock December 3, 2021 ‘Merely tinkering’: expert analysis of the UK government’s new plan to reform social care in England Sue Yeandle, University of Sheffield Care workers, care recipients, think tanks and parliament itself agree that social care reform is urgently needed. But this plan’s lack of detail and insufficient funding suggest that it a ways off.
New reports suggest over 8 per cent of care worker roles are currently unfilled. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ November 19, 2021 Social care reform: free online event on what isn’t working and how to fix it Dale Berning Sawa, The Conversation Social care has long been the healthcare system’s poor cousin. Will the UK government’s new plans to reform the system succeed where others have not?
Every year 800,000 people around the world die of passive smoking. Maradon333/Shutterstock June 17, 2021 Second-hand smoke: when you work in others’ homes, where do their rights end and yours begin? Ruaraidh Dobson, University of Stirling and Sean Semple, University of Stirling Around one million UK workers are exposed to smoke in their daily jobs. There needs to be more protection for these people.