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Open Letter Calls on Prime Minister to Tackle Health Inequalities for People with Learning Disabilities

Members of Learning Disability England (LDE) have delivered an open letter to 10 Downing Street calling on the Prime Minister to make improving the health…

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Care England Rates the Last government “Requires Improvement” on Social Care

Care England has today published Two Years of Promises, a scorecard grading the government’s delivery against every commitment in Labour’s 2024 manifesto that bears on…

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ADI Launches the Alzheimer’s Disease Atlas

Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has launched the Alzheimer’s Disease Atlas (AD Atlas), a first of its kind platform highlighting how countries diagnose, treat and support…

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PM Warns of NHS “Collapse” Without Social Care Overhaul, but Stops Short of Setting a Timetable

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has warned that the NHS could ultimately “collapse” unless adult social care in England is fundamentally reformed, while declining to…

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New Union Access Rules Could Add Hundreds of Millions of Pounds A Year to the Cost of Homecare, Providers Warn

The Homecare Association has written to the Minister for Employment Rights warning that a late change to the Government’s new Code of Practice on trade union access to workplaces could add hundreds of millions of pounds a year to the cost of delivering homecare in England – with no funding to pay for it.

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Care About Care Launches New Campaign Tools to Hold New Prime Minister To Account

The Care About Care campaign, run by the grassroots coalition Providers Unite, has launched two new campaign tools today to help maintain political pressure on new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to honour his promises to reform social care.

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“Social Care Needs Funding, Not Fixing” as Burnham Urged to Act on Reform

The National Care Association (NCA) has renewed its call for urgent, funded reform of adult social care, warning that repeated commitments from politicians – including new Prime Minister Andy Burnham – will count for little unless backed by genuine investment.

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Care Workers to be Represented in Fair Pay Agreements Government Confirms

Millions of care workers in England will be represented in upcoming negotiations on pay and working conditions through a new body established to deliver the first…

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HRH The Princess Royal Hosts Palace Reception Celebrating 30-year partnership Between Carers Trust and the National Garden Scheme

Carers Trust celebrated 30 years of its partnership with the National Garden Scheme this month at a special reception hosted by Carers Trust President, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal…

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Care Campaign Urges Andy Burnham MP to Make Social Care the First Test of His Leadership

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…

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