Following the publication of Robert Francis QC's report into the failings of Mid Staffordshire Hospital, Camilla Cavendish was asked to review the roles of healthcare assistants and social care workers in both health and social care settings. Cavendish proposed common training standards across health and social care, building on what…

Social care employers are being urged to have their say on a learning and development plan designed to identify which roles will be affected by the Care Bill. The sector wide consultation, being run by Skills for Care, National Skills Academy for Social Care and the College of Social Work,…

Sometimes in our careers we end up in a place in which we never planned to be, a bit like driving up a cul-de-sac and having to do a U-turn to get out of it. How on earth did we get here? It’s quite possible that this question is pointless.…