`A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), “Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work' illustrates how gender inequalities in health and care work negatively impact women, health systems ...

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We have marked “equal pay days” every year to raise awareness about the ongoing gender pay gap that persists despite women's increasing educational opportunities and workplace attainment. This year, Tuesday, March 12, marks that disparity—or how far in...

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A foreign care worker says she was repeatedly raped by her manager but felt unable to report him to the police for fear of losing her right to work, in a case that exposes the way the UK’s visa system for health and care workers leaves....

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One of the UK’s biggest home care providers says it is paying dozens of migrant workers to sit at home and do nothing because the Home Office has not renewed key immigration permits. Thousands of workers, mostly from Africa, were welcomed into the UK ...

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The health and care sectors in the UK depend on migrant health workers, yet Rishi Sunak’s government is preparing to introduce even harsher immigration policies.

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The Commonwealth Fund, a research foundation promoting a more equitable health care system, and the African American Research Collaborative (AARC) put together “Revealing Disparities: Health Care Workers’ Observations of Discrimination Against Patients...

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Side Event at the Sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women: Women currently constitute 67 percent of the global health and care workforce. In a world where men continue to form the majority of the paid workforce,

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We sat down with Jamie, a personal assistant; Tracey, a care home manager; and Amerissa, a well-being and activities coordinator; as well as Emily, Rafi and Sarah — some of the people they work with.

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Pretty dodgy’: alarm over suspect care agencies granted Home Office licence to act as visa sponsors.

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Nursing homes that use contract staffing to fill certified nursing assistant position vacancies are more likely to experience worse care quality than those that do not, according to the results of a study by PHI.

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Stopping migrant care workers bringing their families will have a devastating effect on the UK’s already struggling care sector.

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You can’t put a price on that feeling’: Adult social care workers on the rewards of a career supporting others.

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Working in adult social care is a hugely rewarding job and for Mandy, from Essex, the difference she feels she can make everyday is “immense”. “The sheer drive and passion you see among people with disabilities to succeed through all adversity is very...

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UK almost doubled health and care worker visas last year.

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Panel says migration workers earnings rules risk exploitation.

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Nearly a quarter of these cleaners are migrants and many speak little English. Jobs are offered informally through WhatsApp groups and contracts are rare. For years this barely appreciated group has been vulnerable to exploitation,
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Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke (SHS) has reduced significantly in the UK, driven by restrictions on smoking in public places introduced in 2006/7, falling smoking prevalence, and a shift in social norms (Semple et al, 2019).

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Finally, we have a government prepared to stand up to that under-scrutinised bane of British society: care workers. Our home secretary, James Cleverly, has gleefully announced an order banning overseas care workers from bringing “dependants” to the UK....

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Sparked by the racist behavior by patients toward one of their clinical team members, HealthPartners Institute has built on its existing simulation programs to prepare a model to help staff understand how they can intervene and support colleagues in in...

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What do new UK visa rules for overseas care workers mean for you?

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