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.
Read more...An open letter from the Care About Care campaign – run by the grassroots coalition Providers Unite and backed by more than 4,000 people who work in, draw on or value care services…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is still not keeping pace with the task of assessing the quality of community social care services in England…
Read more...London firefighters are highlighting fire safety to help carers [in Carer’s Week 8-14 June] looking after individuals living with dementia.
Read more...New independent economic analysis has highlighted the significant value of providing carers with short respite breaks, finding that a single overnight hotel stay can generate £2,617 in social value.
Read more...If you own or operate a care business in the UK, Christie & Co would like to invite you to complete a short, anonymous sentiment…
Read more...A major new report from The King’s Fund has highlighted the ongoing challenges facing older people as they navigate the divide between the NHS and…
Read more...The Local Government Association (LGA) is calling on the Government to retain a statutory independent local patient voice function and work with councils to develop…
Read more...Twelve international research teams are competing for £1.5 million in finance from the Dementia Frontiers Fund after being awarded seed funding to accelerate their boldest…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) have published an updated Joint Working Protocol (JWP), setting out…
Read more...Increasing physical activity among older people to build resilience against illness, frailty and falls will be central to keeping care home residents and the wider…
Read more...Leading dementia charities, clinicians, academics and Royal Colleges have joined forces to urge the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to set…
Read more...Reacting to yesterday’s immigration statistics, Care England warns that the figures reveal the human cost of chasing political headlines. A sector in workforce crisis, stripped…
Read more...New research from Middlesex University has found that taking part in musical activities improves thinking and mental wellbeing in healthy older adults. The study, published in The Journals of Gerontology,…
Read more...Care England has responded to the local election results of 7th May 2025, in which 136 English local authorities went to the polls. Reacting to…
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