22 April 2021
The Government has confirmed that the Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) is to become statutory in England from September 2021, but campaigners are urging for this decision to be reversed.
22 April 2021
We reported in March that Chancellor Rishi Sunak had confirmed in his Budget speech that eight locations in England had been successful in their bid to be designated freeports (see Eight English areas get freeports go-ahead).
22 April 2021
Ofsted has published its updated Education Inspection Framework (EIF) and early years inspection handbook which outlines how registered providers in England will be inspected when early years inspections resume from 4 May 2021.
22 April 2021
We reported recently on the Supreme Court decision regarding the payment of sleep-in shifts for support workers (see Court rules that sleep-in shifts do not qualify for National Minimum Wage).
22 April 2021
Nine in 10 pharmacies across England are now distributing free, rapid, lateral flow device (LFD) tests for people to collect and use at home, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed.
22 April 2021
Researchers at Swansea University are developing the world’s first smart vaccine device that will both deliver the Covid-19 vaccine and measure its efficacy through monitoring the body’s associated response.
22 April 2021
NHS workers can claim discounts at local builders’ merchants under a scheme being promoted by the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) in recognition of the “tireless support provided by healthcare staff throughout the Covid emergency”.
22 April 2021
The Government should introduce legally binding targets for particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution, in line with WHO guidelines, according to the coroner in the inquest into the death of nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah.
21 April 2021
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched a consultation on making Covid-19 vaccination a condition of work for people who are deployed in care homes with older adult residents in England.
21 April 2021
Inequalities will widen as the employment market recovers, with women, carers, older workers, those with health concerns and low-paid workers at most risk of being excluded from any future jobs recovery.