Articles by ‘James Sage’

The care sector is not immune from the post-COVID-19 push towards greater flexible working practices. Whilst working from home isn’t an option for frontline staff, pressure is building on the traditional fixed rota, fixed…

Skills for Care has published a new report which shows that the number of vacant posts in social care increased by 55,000 (52%) over the last year and currently stands at 165,000. In addition,…

This week, the Government published their plans on how the social care sector and wider economy will be supported as the country deals with the next phase of COVID-19. We set out below what…

The Government has announced plans to revoke the legislation making mandatory vaccination a condition of deployment in care homes, the wider social care sector, and the NHS. The decision has clearly already been made…

Social care providers have again faced a challenging year and 2022 looks to hold more of the same. Here are the three things the social care sector will need to address in 2022. A…

Today, 6 January 2022, the regulations extending mandatory vaccination to the wider social care sector and the NHS have become law. Providers have a 12-week grace period to ensure that staff in scope for…

On 8 December, the Government updated its guidance on mandatory vaccination and temporary medical exemptions for care home staff. The self-certified temporary exemption will now expire on 31 March 2022 instead of 23 December…

Partner and head of Health & Social Care James Sage explains the latest guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care on vaccine exemptions.