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.
Matt Hancock’s digital ambitions cannot be realised if the government continues to withhold capital funding from the service, the NHS Confederation’s chief has warned.
A council’s decision to withdraw from joint working with a mental health trust could lead to a model of delivery which is “uncoordinated and duplicative” for patients, the trust has warned.
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