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Face masks must remain to protect the vulnerable
Protective face masks must remain where older and vulnerable people are being looked after even after lockdown restrictions are completely lifted, the ICG said today.…
READ MOREProperly funded national care is everyone’s right
The country deserves to have a properly funded social care system, paid for by the taxpayer, and should not have to worry about care costs…
READ MOREICG Chair’s thanks for ‘blood, sweat and tears’ from heroic social care workers
Ahead of NHS, Social Care & Frontline Workers’ Day on Monday (5 July), ICG Chair Mike Padgham said the country owed care workers a huge…
READ MOREWelcome for Covid-19 booster proposal
The Independent Care Group (ICG) today welcomed proposals to give older and vulnerable people a booster injection to protect them from Covid-19. The ICG said…
READ MOREICG dismayed over compulsory vaccines
The Independent Care Grou (ICG) is dismayed over reports that the Government is to make a Covid-19 vaccination compulsory for those working in the sector.…
READ MOREAnger over delay to PM social care talks
The Independent Care Group (ICG) today reacted angrily to news that a top-level meeting involving the Prime Minister and Chancellor to discuss reform of social…
READ MOREDamning indictment of Govt social care failure
A new report criticising the Government’s handling of social care is yet another damning indictment of the way it cares for the country’s oldest and…
READ MOREICG chief dismayed over enforced vaccine
The Independent Care Group (ICG) is dismayed over reports that the Government is to make a Covid-19 vaccination compulsory for those working in the sector.…
READ MOREGovt lack of care sector knowledge exposed
Care providers say it “beggars belief” how little knowledge of and power over the care sector Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock had during…
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