King’s Fund

By Simon Bottery, King’s Fund On the day before the Budget, I held a round table with social care leaders on the government’s ambition for a ‘fair pay agreement’ to raise care worker pay. This would involve creating a negotiating body, bringing together care providers and unions, to agree higher wages and better terms and conditions for care staff. “Will the plans happen?”, I asked. The sector leaders were largely positive that they would.

Veena Raleigh, senior fellow King’s Fund, London, UK V.Raleigh{at}kingsfund.org.uk This upgrade should improve our understanding of short term changes in mortality As the UK emerges from the ravages of the pandemic, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced a new method for estimating excess deaths in the UK.1 Measurement of excess deaths became widely used in 2020when timely data on the effect of covid-19 on mortality was vital for monitoring the spread of the virus and...

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