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The future of the health and social care workforce in Wales moves forward

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) and Social Care Wales are delighted that Vaughan Gething, Minister for Health and Social Care has launched the 10-year workforces strategy

Social care really matters but how well is it valued by society?

In her latest column for the Western Mail, our Chief Executive Sue Evans discusses how well social care is valued by society

Voting is now open to choose the first WeCare Wales award winner

We are asking members of the public to vote for the care worker they think should win the first WeCare Wales award

Fourteen projects named as finalists for prestigious social care and early years awards

The winners, which will be chosen by a panel of judges, will be announced in a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Have your say on what we think are the priorities for the next five years

We want your honest feedback about our proposed priorities so that we can be sure our five-year plan will meet the changing needs of the sectors and support the workforce, employers and leaders in the months and years ahead

New qualifications go ‘live’

New qualifications for leaders and managers of health and social care and childcare services are available from today (1 September 2020).

Does Wales care enough about equality and human rights?

In her latest column for the Western Mail, our Chief Executive Sue Evans discusses racism and injustice

What can we learn from our first report on domiciliary care workers in Wales?

This is the first of a series of short personal blogs that reflect on what we can learn from the Register of social care workers in Wales

Pandemic response shows worth of our social care workers

In her latest column for the Western Mail, our Chief Executive Sue Evans discusses how social care workers in Wales have shown their worth during the coronavirus pandemic

Help fight Covid-19 – Support the hidden army, now and always

In her latest column for the Western Mail, our Chief Executive Sue Evans praises the hidden army of social care workers during the Covid-19 pandemic

An open letter to our supermarkets

Our Chief Executive Sue Evans has written an open letter to our supermarkets asking them to formally recognise the social care worker card during the COVID-19 pandemic

Social care workers in Wales to receive card to prove they’re key workers

All social care workers in Wales are to be sent a card that will potentially help them access the benefits available to key workers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.