A three-year degree-level social work qualification is to begin from 2003 as part of a bid to raise social care standards.
The new courses will emphasise practice-based learning.The existing two-year diploma in social work will continue until 2003 and those holding it will be eligible to register with the new General Social Care Council which comes into being in October and will regulate the social care workforce in England.
An NHS trust has been forced to spot purchase beds after it pulled out of a contract with a care home ahead of criticism from the Care Quality Commission.
The Care Quality Commission is calling on the public to speak up about their experiences of care in the NHS, after new research showed millions of patients who had concerns never raised them.
Health secretary Matt Hancock will use his powers to commission more local system reviews from the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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