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High Impact Change Model: Optimal Handed Care

The High Impact Change Model (HICM) for Optimal Handed Care (OHC) provides a practical framework to embed OHC in different care settings across health and care systems. It aims to ensure that every person receives safe, proportionate, and independence-focused care and support, while reducing workforce strain and maximising system efficiency.

Make Work Pay: Enhanced dismissal protections for pregnant women and new mothers

The Employment Rights Bill includes a clause which will allow the introduction, through regulations, of restrictions on the ability of employers to dismiss pregnant women or new mothers except in specified circumstances. This consultation considers a number of aspects of this new provision, which is expected to be implemented in 2027.