Social Care

One of the UK’s largest social care charities, Community Integrated Care, has developed Unfair To Care, a new report examining the social care workforce crisis.

Local care team, Radis Community Care, celebrated the first ever national day of recognition for NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers this week.

his week, the cross-party House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee considered the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 in its weekly report to the House.

A social care leader says it’s time for the Welsh Government to “step up to the plate” to avert a new crisis and fund the sector properly so that frontline staff can be paid what they deserve.

MORE than 2,000 National Care Group colleagues united in celebrations across England and Wales as part of NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers’ Day on Monday 5 July.  

Proposals on the future of adult social care, including a timetable for reform, should be brought forward by the new Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid in the next two weeks, before Parliament rises for the summer.

Minister for Future Borders and Immigration, Kevin Foster MP has written to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to position an independent review of the impact that ending freedom of movement has had on adult social care.

The country deserves to have a properly funded social care system, paid for by the taxpayer, and should not have to worry about care costs in later life, campaigners said today.

COVID-19’s expected long-term health impact needs to be recognised in future public health and social care planning.

COVID-19’s expected long-term impact

The inaugural celebration of NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers’ Day is set to take place on 5 July 2021, with Freemasons leading the event.

People in care homes or those being cared for at home will benefit from an extra £250 million to continue to protect them from COVID-19 transmission. 

A team of researchers from the University of Hertfordshire has been awarded funding of almost £1million by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to build research capacity in adult social care

More than nine in 10 councillors from across the country and political spectrum have called on the Government to give greater priority to social care and start committing more resources to it now