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People accessing health care will benefit from a stronger workforce as the Province further invests in recruitment, retention and training initiatives for allied health and clinical support workers. To support the implementation of B.C.’s Health Human Resources Strategy and the Allied Health Strategic Plan, the Province is investing up to $155.7 million in initiatives that will retain and recruit allied health and clinical support staff. Read more on our website here: https://lnkd.in/g9G8FMrw #employmentnews #bcemploymentnews #bclabourforcenews #langleyemploymentresources #employmentservices #employmentopportunities #employment #workbc #workbclangley #langleybc #workbcresources #findworkinlangley

What does the new government mean for social care? 🔍 We're excited to hear that following their recent electoral victory, the Labour Party promises significant changes in social care. Labour's comprehensive approach aims to address issues like workforce stability, service quality, and integration with the NHS. Key initiatives include creating a National Care Service with consistent care standards and a focus on community-based care to support independent living. Workforce reforms are also on the agenda, with plans to improve wages, training, and career progression for care workers. The real question is whether these ambitious plans will become reality. It's crucial we continue to push for the changes we need. If you’re looking for healthcare support, contact us today: https://bit.ly/4fcTa5e #SocialCare #VarangHealthcare #HealthcarePolicy

Customer Spotlight   Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC)   ‘We support ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer.’ Established in 1988, DHSC is a ministerial department responsible for government policy on health and adult social care in England. They’re supported by a number of arms-length bodies such as, NHS England and executive agencies like UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). As of June 2024, they employ over 3,500 fulltime equivalent employees who work across the country.   Their Responsibilities: - Supporting and advising our ministers: we help them shape and deliver policy that delivers the government’s objectives - Setting direction: we anticipate the future and lead debate ensuring we protect and improve global and domestic health - Accountability: we make sure the department and our arm’s length bodies deliver on our agreed plans and commitments - Acting as guardians of the health and care framework: we make sure the legislative, financial, administrative and policy frameworks are fit for purpose and work together - Troubleshooting: in the last resort, the public and Parliament expect us to take the action needed to resolve crucial and complex issues To view our current contracting assignments with DHSC and beyond, be sure to check out our Marketplace today: https://bit.ly/3CrxpgZ     #PublicSector #PublicSectorJobs #PSR #ContractJobs #DHSC #PublicSectorRoles #ContractRoles #ContractWork   Slide One – A purple background with a semi-transparent video of a female leaning against a balcony railing in a corporate office. Text reads ‘Customer Spotlight, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)’ AMS and PSR logos top left and right respectively. An orange and white circle representing the semicolon in the PSR logo sites on the right of text. Slide Two – The same design set up but the video changes to a view two people in conversation and the text reads ‘Supporting ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer.'   Information Source: https://lnkd.in/d6AMq5Pv

When we talk about health financing and investments in health systems and health workers, the conversations about domestic resource mobilization often stop at the level of national budgets. But especially in decentralized health systems like Mali’s, communities have a critical role in not just implementation and governance of community health systems, but in their financing as well. Let’s make sure that we are recognizing and including the contributions of communities, and the challenges they face, in our conversations and advocacy for #SafeSupportedHealthWorkers! Here’s why we think communities deserve a spot alongside policymakers, global leaders, and donors, when discussing investments in their primary healthcare workforce: #WHWWeek

Social Care News: Controlling labour costs and increasing occupancy continue to be the two major priorities at Shaw healthcare, with the group anticipating 2024/25 trading to be broadly in line with the year previous. The provider, which is a Real Living Wage employer, said while some commissioners recognised the importance of a sustainable social care market, some local […] http://ow.ly/VWen105Wmgv #socialcare

In a decade marked by Kenyan healthcare workers’ strikes, two institutions are yet to rise to their mandate: 1. Institute Of Human Resource Management - Back in 2014, I participated in the development of a framework for the management of HRH in Devolved Units. - We had prescribed the quality of the (unique) HR practitioner required to manage Health Workforce at the hospital level, county level and national level. - 10 years later, the professional organization is far removed from an issue that indicts the professionalism and practice competence of its membership. 2. Kenya Health Human Resource Advisory Council - Established by the Health Act of 2017, and inaugurated just last year by H.E President Ruto as an authority, KHHRAC actively mobilized health workers unions to sign a ‘Kericho Declaration’ ahead of 20th October 2023 UHC launch. - The Declaration was never signed by the government side of HRH management making it the first betrayal of health workers’ good will on harmony. - KHHRAC would soon discover that governance and policy around health workforce is more controlled by politics for politics’ sake than professional expertise. They have kept very quiet on the matter of Internship which the health law has squarely placed on their doorstep. Perhaps the institutions are not awakened to the magnitude of the HRH management and development crisis or they too suffer the consequences of political expediency. A thought for Friday.

How will Labour Fix the NHS? - Essential Reading With Keir Starmer's government now firmly in place and Wes Streeting serving as the Secretary of State for Health, the urgency around Labour's immediate plans for the NHS has intensified. The Labour government faces an array of critical issues that need swift action, including resolving the junior doctors' strikes, enhancing staff wellbeing, addressing the elective backlog, urgently improving social care, and boosting productivity. Here is a curated list of articles and reports that delve into some of Labour's priorities and strategies for revitalizing the NHS and social care system, and the challenges that await: 🔴 The Labour Party Manifesto - Build an NHS Fit for the Future > https://lnkd.in/dHzUDkke 🔴 What will Labour mean for General Practice (Pulse Today)
> https://lnkd.in/dvbGYDUR 🔴 Fit for the Future: A Modern and Sustainable NHS Providing Accessible and Personalised Care for All (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change) > https://lnkd.in/dsSiGeXw 🔴 The UK’s NHS Going Digital Would Be Equivalent to Hiring Thousands of New Doctors (WIRED) > https://lnkd.in/d2RQHeQZ 🔴 Alan Milburn called in to drive through NHS reform (The Telegraph) > https://lnkd.in/dqST4CKA 🔴 1998 - 2007: Labour’s Decade - A chronological history of the NHS under the last Labour government (Nuffield Trust) > https://lnkd.in/dpDhzwMg 🔴 NHS England 24/25 Priorities and Operational Planning Guidance > https://lnkd.in/dCNYjuSE 🔴 Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2023 - Results of the British Social Attitudes Survey (The King's Fund) > https://lnkd.in/dVYXnCts #nhs

The Homecare Association congratulates The Labour Party on their success in the UK general election. Labour’s manifesto says they will support people to live well at home. They talk about prevention, technology, national standards, and a stronger regulator. Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay commits to improving pay and conditions for care workers. All are proposals the Homecare Association has campaigned for. Details matter; we eagerly await collaborating with the new government to achieve the desired transformation while avoiding unintended consequences. We call on Labour to walk the talk and: - Make "home first" the default option when assessing care needs. - Promote partnership working and ensure homecare providers have a voice in Integrated Care Systems. - Invest in early support and innovative models of homecare. - Support implementation of a comprehensive workforce strategy to attract and retain care workers. - Provide sustainable, long-term funding for social care. - Ensure commissioning for value and outcomes rather than price. - Strengthen regulation to drive up standards and stamp out poor and illegal practice. Labour now has the chance to rewrite the rules of care. Let's create a system that's as innovative as it is compassionate, as efficient as it is empathetic. Supporting people to live well at home must be at the heart of government policy. #homecare #GeneralElection2024 #Labour

#OntarioEmployers #NeedToKnow The Ontario Government is NOT prepared to support ALL Family Doctors in Ontario. 50% are considering quitting or reducing the size of their practice in the next five years. The Government is treating the crisis like a recruitment challenge. Driven by their denial that they have a retention problem. Employers should anticipate a sicker workforce, higher group benefits costs, more expensive employee health and wellness programs, a more exhausted HR department and lost productivity. Your company's lifeline is about to be cut because the government is trying to save money in all the wrong places. #PreventFamilyDrexit Ontario Medical Association Doug Ford Sylvia Jones

Healthcare and social care recruitment services are essential for maintaining an efficient and compassionate system that meets the diverse needs of the UK population. They tackle immediate workforce challenges while supporting the long-term sustainability of these vital services. #caregiveragency #careruk #healthansocialcare #recruitmentagencyuk