Care England, the largest and most representative body for independent adult social care providers in England, today publishes…
Read more...Six new Clinical Fellowships have been announced to help bring cutting-edge dementia research closer to the people who need it most…
Read more...A new dementia wing designed to support men with complex care needs has opened offering specialist dementia placements unavailable in much of Scotland.
Read more...Scientists at King’s College London and the UK Dementia Research Institute have made a significant advance in understanding how Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) damage the brain.
Read more...The UK’s National Advance Care Planning Day highlights the importance of Advance Care Planning, Advance Care Plans and sensitive conversations. This year’s theme is Supporting…
Read more...The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called on social care leaders to publicly commit to improving how care records are created, handled, and accessed.
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has joined 8 other national health and social care regulators in signing up to the NHS Race and Health Observatory’s shared principles for advancing workforce race equity in health and social care.
Read more...A new white paper from techUK is calling for adult social care to be placed at the centre of future NHS reform, arguing that the digital technologies needed to support a more preventative…
Read more...The House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee has urged the Government to improve the quality and availability of migration data, warning that gaps in information are fuelling misinformation and making it harder to develop effective policies on settlement, citizenship and integration.
Read more...Sector leaders have broadly welcomed today’s (June 24) latest Skills for Care report, The Size and Structure of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce in England 2025/26, which reveals the strongest workforce position seen in a decade.
Read more...Scientists in the United States have proposed a new theory that could reshape understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease develops, offering potential new directions for future treatments and research.
Read more...The vacancy rate in England’s adult social care sector has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, according to new data published by Skills for Care – the national charity that works to strengthen England’s adult social care workforce.
Read more...Health and social care leaders have called on the next Labour leader and Prime Minister to seize a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to improve the nation’s health and finally tackle long-delayed social care reform…
Read more...A new King’s Fund report has today [23rd June] said that addressing the ‘dementia data gap’ is key to delivering on the future recommendations of the Casey Commission and Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia.
Read more...The Government has outlined a series of measures aimed at strengthening adult social care in England, following recommendations made by the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care led by Baroness Louise Casey.
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