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Funding of £15 million this year will help increase international recruitment of care workers. The funding will enable local areas to support care providers with activities such as visa processing, accommodation and pastoral support for international recruits. This will complement a national domestic recruitment campaign, which will launch shortly. The Health and Social Care Secretary …

Health and Social Care Secretary sets out plan for patients with new funding to bolster social care over winter Read More »

Smokers in England are being urged to stub out the habit as part of the annual Stoptober public health campaign launching next month, as latest statistics show smoking costs the NHS £2.4 billion a year while causing at least 15 types of cancers, including lung cancer and acute myeloid leukaemia. Stoptober – now in its …

Stoptober launches to give smokers the confidence to quit Read More »