Online courses for care home professionals – Fully updated for 2025
We have a wide selection of online courses tailored specifically for the contact centre sector, enabling you to both amass new skills and improve existing ones in 2025 and beyond – start learning today! These are specially-curated online courses designed to help you and your team improve expertise and learn new things. The Healthcare online […]
How we solve the care sector’s staffing crisis by investing in our people
In the wake of the 2024 annual State of Adult Social Care report, Paul O’Rourke, Managing Director of Next Stage, emphasises the crucial need to address high staff turnover in the adult social care industry to invest in both individual employees and improve the quality of care they provide… In a sector where continuity of care […]
TRAINING & INNOVATION MONTH: Investing in Excellence – Finding the care home staff training solutions you need
Providing exceptional care for residents is at the heart of every UK care home. This relies heavily on a skilled and dedicated workforce. Investing in high-quality staff training is crucial for upholding care standards, ensuring resident well-being, and fostering a positive work environment. However, with a multitude of staff training solution providers available, selecting the […]
TERN and HPMA announce partnership to address staff shortages
TERN Group has joined forces with HPMA (Healthcare People Managers Association) to support HR practitioners and leaders within the NHS with International recruitment knowledge, best practices and solutions to staff shortages. TERN also has a partnership with BAPIO (British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin) Training Academy meaning they can quickly and efficiently bring fully […]
Access excellent online courses for care home professionals
We have a wide selection of online courses tailored specifically for the care sector, enabling you to both amass new skills and improve existing ones in 2024 and beyond – start learning today! These are specially-curated online courses designed to help you and your team improve expertise and learn new things. The Healthcare online learning […]
TUC sets out strategy for the care workforce in new report
TUC analysis shows that across the UK care workers are earning below the real living wage and are significantly underpaid relative to pay across the rest of the economy, and it has outlined a strategy it says can help rectify the situation. While central government is the predominant source of public funding for care the […]
RCN research warns of nursing workforce crisis
A new report by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) shows how failure by successive UK governments to tackle the nursing workforce crisis in England has created “the greatest risk to publicly funded health and care services since their creation”. The report, which presents solutions for sustainable nursing recruitment and retention, outlines how past, current and […]
Vacancies in social care increase by 52%
New figures released by Skills for Care show that the number of vacant posts in adult social care have increased by 52% in one year – the highest rate on record. Key findings from the annual ‘The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England report’ include: There are 165,000 vacant posts […]
Vida launches Aspiring Leaders Programme
Visa Healthcare says it is is combating the retention and recruitment crisis in the social care sector with the launch of its Aspiring Leaders Programme (ALP). This follows the news that the company recently attracted over 120 new staff members, including care assistants, registered nurses and wellbeing roles, thanks to the range of initiatives in […]
Frontline workers ‘hold the power’ in turbulent jobs market
Traditionally overworked and underpaid, the UK’s frontline workers are taking back control when it comes to employment, using a volatile market to their advantage and finding jobs that work for them – according to a new global report. The annual study, by workforce management experts Quinyx, found that two thirds (67%) of deskless workers are […]
