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BBC News: Three people found dead at a care home in Dorset with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. 

The Telegraph: Labour’s employment rights revamp paves way for £5.5bn a year wage increase for social workers.

The Carer: Care workers lose up to £3,698 in pay last year, as wages fall below inflation.

The Carer: Government unveils most significant reforms to employment rights in an effort to deliver economic security and growth to businesses, workers and communities across the UK.

The Carer: £22.6m fund to support social care is two months overdue and at risk of disappearing warns the charity, Carers Trust.

Government Press Release: Members of the public, as well as NHS staff and experts, invited to share their experiences, views and ideas for fixing the NHS.

The Guardian: Coroners warn of risk to lives without urgent reform, as delayed hospital discharges result in deaths of individuals awaiting treatment.

Nursing Times: Review of CQC failings has prompted a larger-scale probe of the patient safety system in the country.

The Carer: New national survey reveals lack of public trust in CQC with significant concerns about safeguarding.

The Carer: Scientists develop pioneering diagnostic ‘laser test’ for dementia. The test will help identify which patients may be eligible for new drug treatments at a point when they are most likely to be effective.