With the need for a further 1 million jobs in social care by 2025, together with an average staff turnover rate of 19%, the industry faces a challenge. The Guardian has convened a panel of people in social care to host a live debate between 12 and 2pm on Thursday 11th December. Do you have something you'd like aired?

http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2014/dec/08/social-care-recruitment-retention-livechat

Another article about Complaints Matter, a review led by Prof Sir Mike Richards, chief inspector of hospitals at the CQC, which found that people could be put off making complaints about care because providers were not always willing to listen to their concerns.

http://www.cqc.org.uk/content/health-and-adult-social-care-must-embrace-complaints-improve-services

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Ruth Hardy reports for the Guardian about the impact that the new Care Certificate, due to be introduced in March 2015, will have on perceptions of care work. http://goo.gl/134EpX

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BBC Health Correspondent, Nick Triggle, reports on the care sector’s understandable envy of the NHS in England; George Osborne has announced that he will direct another £2bn its way, whereas the social care sector was left empty handed by the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. Caroline Abrahams, of Age UK, called it "morally indefensible".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30330246

Complaints Matter, a review led by Prof Sir Mike Richards, chief inspector of hospitals at the CQC, found that people could be put off making complaints about care because providers were not always willing to listen to their concerns. The report stated that although most providers had complaints procedures in place, they were in need of improvement. As a result, opportunities to provide a better standard of care were being missed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30348508

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