Adult social care workforce grows by 9%, new report shows

A new report from Skills for Care has shown that the number of adult social care jobs in England has increased by 9% since 2013. The annual ‘Size and structure of the adult social care workforce in England’ report found that there were 130,000 (or 9%) more jobs in the sector in the year...

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Britain has seen ‘explosion’ in anxiety in past decade, study reveals

A new study has found there has been an “explosion” in the number of people experiencing anxiety in Britain since 2008. One of the biggest studies of anxiety undertaken in recent years indicates that the mental health problem has trebled among young adults and now affects 30% of women aged 18 to 24. Rates...