Social Care

The latest statistics on adult social care — covering outcomes, activity, finance and the opinions of those receiving care — have been published by NHS Digital today.

While the pandemic has posed many challenges to the care home sector, it has driven public awareness of the work undertaken by those working in social care.

Vic Rayner, Executive Director of the National Care Forum responds to the Chancellor’s spending review.

“The Spending Review is a catastrophe for social care. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the government has consistently talked

A new report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed that adult social care providers were not adequately supported by government in obtaining PPE and came very close to running out during the pandemic.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review has been described as a ‘catastrophe’ for the social care sector.

Addressing the House of Commons, the Chancellor said that local authorities access to an extra £1 million next year, however councils would be unlikely

New standards for integrating key health and social care information will ensure services can work together better to provide more personalised care.

Leading industry figures from the field of social care have set out the key reforms needed to reinvent the sector, as they look to improve its funding, efficiency, working conditions and public image.