The latest quarterly figures from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) provide a detailed snapshot of adult social care activity in England, highlighting…
Read more...An increase in adult social care spending on provider fees and people receiving support has come at the cost of weakening financial health of English…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published four draft sector-specific assessment frameworks as part of its most significant regulatory reform in recent years, replacing the…
Read more...The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) has launched best practice guidance to help adult social care providers deliver fair, transparent and accountable complaints…
Read more...Health and social care workers across Scotland have had their pandemic experiences formally recorded by the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry, with publication of its first Narrative…
Read more...The Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Baroness Heather Hallett, has published her third report which concludes that the UK’s healthcare systems “came close to…
Read more...The Government has pledged to fundamentally strengthen the visiting rights of residents and patients in care homes, hospitals and hospices across England, promising that people…
Read more...The national social care charity, Community Integrated Care, has today published the fifth edition of its landmark Unfair To Care report, providing the most comprehensive…
Read more...Care homes providing tailored nursing care to patients in the community will benefit from a funding rise of more than 5% to provide specialist care…
Read more...Social care, along with schools should be at the front of the queue for any additional funding flowing to Wales following the UK Government’s Spring…
Read more...The UK adult social care sector has expressed significant dismay and disappointment following Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement on March 3, 2026, with leaders warning…
Read more...The number of overseas workers arriving in Britain on health and social care visas has declined dramatically over the past two years government data reveals….
Read more...Skills for Care has published its refreshed Leadership Qualities Framework (LQF), modelling what great leadership looks like in adult social care. The updated framework sets…
Read more...New research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed the true financial toll of low pay in adult social care, warning that persistently poor wages…
Read more...Politicians putting social care on the agenda is key to generating public support for much needed reform, but they fear discussing the issue because of…
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