Dementia Deaths Among Women at Highest Level in Five Years
Alzheimer’s Society have warned dementia is taking a growing and disproportionate toll on women, after new analysis found deaths among women in England and Wales have climbed…
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Healthcare
Health Secretary Faces MPs on Social Care Reform, Hospital Waiting Lists and Abolishing NHS England
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, James Murray, will face questioning from MPs next week on a raft of issues affecting the health and social care sector…
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Prime Minister Will Have ‘No Excuse’ Not to Start Fixing Social Care Before General Election, MPs Say
The Health and Social Care Committee has urged the next Prime Minister to confirm that full proposals to fix adult social care should be published before 2028…
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Burnham’s Rise Puts Preventative Social Care Back in the Spotlight
With speculation growing that Andy Burnham could become the UK’s next Prime Minister, attention is once again turning to his long-standing ambition to reform health and social care through earlier intervention and prevention.
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Care Homes Warned as Workplace Stress Becomes a Growing Source of Discrimination and Dismissal Claims
UK care employers are being warned that unmanaged workplace stress isn’t just a HR concern — it can quickly become a serious legal liability.
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Care England Publishes Landmark Report and Toolkit on Choking Prevention for People with Learning Disabilities
Care England, the largest and most representative body for independent adult social care providers in England, today publishes…
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New Clinical Fellowships Set to Bring Better Diagnosis and Treatments Closer for People with Dementia
Six new Clinical Fellowships have been announced to help bring cutting-edge dementia research closer to the people who need it most…
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Specialist Dementia Wing Opens to Meet Scotland’s Growing Demand for Complex Care
A new dementia wing designed to support men with complex care needs has opened offering specialist dementia placements unavailable in much of Scotland.
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Scientists Discover Mechanism For Brain Cell Death In Alzheimer’s Disease
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.
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The UK’s National Advance Care Plan Day, 2026
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…
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ICO Calls On Social Care Leaders To Commit To Better Care Records Now
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.
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CQC Commits to Shared Anti-Racism Principles to Tackle Workplace Racism in Health and Social Care
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.
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Adult Social Care Digital Transformation Must Be Central to NHS Reform, Says techUK
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…
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Lords Committee Calls for Urgent Migration Data Reform
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.
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Sector Leaders React to Today’s Skills for Care Workforce Report
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.
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