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A group of royal colleges and professional bodies, including BASW Cymru, has written to Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh National Assembly.

This latest information paints an increasingly stark and concerning picture about the way that people with learning disabilities have been treated throughout the first wave of the pandemic.

From the outset, BASW has viewed the proposed role for care home managers as unworkable and is pleased to see the government’s recognition of sector opposition to the proposal.

BASW Cymru is working with Rhun ap Iorwerth MS, Health and Social Services Lead for Plaid Cymru, on changing the latest guidance around care home visits in Wales.

The new Scottish Act removes any doubt that physical discipline is not acceptable and can only assist social workers when doing multifaceted assessments of families.

As social workers we will often see, first-hand, what poverty can do to children and their families.

Safe access to care and health settings for social workers as professional visitors is essential

Kerri Prince, Public and Political Affairs Lead for BASW UK, provides members with an update from Westminster.

Today, BASW England and BASW Cymru have jointly launched a new campaign to change national guidelines for social workers to get regular, safe access to health and care settings, so they can carry out their statutory duties and protect the human rights of citizens in care.

BASW continues to stand against antisemitism and all forms of ethnic and religious discrimination, both direct and indirect.