Residents of Jersey are being encouraged by the island’s health department to consider a career in healthcare and to apply for nursing degrees delivered locally. Channel Island aiming to ‘grow’ its own local nursing workforce appeared first on Nursing Times.

The leading nursing charity has launched a campaign to try and fill gaps in its records for a key part of the profession’s annual celebrations to mark the contribution of Florence Nightingale. Nursing charity asks for help to identify former Nightingale lamp carriers appeared first on Nursing Times.

A mental health nurse with extensive regulatory experience has been appointed as the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) new director of professional practice. NMC appoints senior nurse to drive standards in education and practice appeared first on Nursing Times.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has continued to strengthen its senior leadership team with the appointment of Chris Dzikiti as the regulator’s new Exec

It’s been a year since we launched the Social Care Career Options Tool (SCCOT) in April 2025. Developed in partnership with Public Services Delivery Scotland (formerly NHS Education for Scotland) it provides a single, comprehensive digital resource covering 77 roles and career pathways across social care.  

The development of a new care home in Hipperholme, near Halifax, has reached a significant milestone, with a topping-out ceremony marking completion of the building’s... New Hipperholme Care Home Reaches Topping-Out Milestone appeared first on The Carer.

A major new report, Beyond Caring, has set out a sweeping proposal to overhaul how later-life social care is funded in England—arguing that the current... Radical “Beyond Caring” Report Calls for New National Fund to Fix Later-Life Social Care Crisis appeared first on The Carer.

We’ve worked with Public Services Delivery Scotland (formerly NHS Education for Scotland) and Qualifications Scotland to develop a new Recognition of Prior Learning Matrix which allows workers, employers and assessors to evidence prior learning towards the SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Levels 6 and 7.

We’ve pulled together key information on the Codes of Practice for Social Service Workers and Employers into a toolkit to help employers speak about the Codes with their staff and people using services.

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has today (April 20) launched its Care Equity Evidence Hub—an online resource bringing together research, data, and practice... SCIE Launches Care Equity Evidence Hub appeared first on The Carer.

Millions more people are now benefiting from lifesaving bowel screening compared to a decade ago, as the NHS urges even more people to get tested. Almost 7 million people have had bowel screening from the NHS during 2024/25, compared to around 4.7 million in 2014/15. Since bowel screening started 2 decades ago, the NHS has […]

A bingo evening at Yeovil’s Quicksilver Mail Pub raised £1100 in aid of the residents’ fund for people living at specialist dementia care home, Chestnut... Bingo Fundraiser Raises over £1k for Yeovil Dementia Care Home appeared first on The Carer.