Social Care

The Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG) is calling for full parity in the government’s social care COVID-19

Providers of adult social care services may face more than £6.6 billion in extra costs due to the coronavirus crisis by the end of September this year,

Digital Social Care has been working with the Local Government Association, NHS Digital and NHSX on how to help care providers benefit from the increased use of digital technology while also keeping safe and secure.

Join Social Care will accelerate the recruitment process for adult social care 

Deaths in social care settings from coronavirus have demonstrated the urgent need for a complete overhaul of the care system straightaway, campaigners said today.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have spoken to care workers from across the UK to hear about their experiences of providing care during the coronavirus outbreak, and to thank them for their tireless efforts to continue to look after the most vulnerable in our society.

A social care leader is demanding a public inquiry into the lack of Covid-19 testing which turned some care homes into  “coronavirus warzones”.

Despite the government’s efforts to develop a testing programme for social care, the testing arrangements remain chaotic, there is no reliable timescale for

Responding to the latest Government press briefing, in which it was confirmed that every care home worker and resident will be tested by early June and that

John Woodward OBE, one of the driving forces behind the introduction of childcare vouchers in 2005, is campaigning to get a similar scheme back on…

A social care leader believes the true number of care home deaths from coronavirus is far higher than the official number of fatalities and highlights…

Writing in The Times, Dr Chai Patel CBE FRCP set out his vision for ‘Careforce’ Dr Chai Patel CBE FRCP, founder of HC-One and previous…

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social contact, loneliness, wellbeing and physical activity in older adults will be the focus of a new University…