Social Care

MPs have issued a two-month ultimatum to the government to guarantee sufficient PPE stocks are in place in health and social care in the event of a second coronavirus wave.

UK “not ready for avalanche of social work referrals” and sector risks losing thousands due to COVID-19 response
Testimonies from over 350 social workers highlight dire working conditions
Half have put their own health at risk and many feel threatened with disciplinary measures for raising safety concerns

NCF, alongside the leaders of 36 other national organisations has warned that care homes and other social care services could face a ‘staffing blackhole’ if temporary arrangements are not introduced to manage the initial impact of the Government’s new Immigration Bill.

Researchers from the US suggest that the menopause could account for women being at greater risk of dementia than men. The findings are published in the scientific journal, Neurology.

Social Work Awards, the charity behind the annual Social Worker of the Year Awards, has launched a new initiative to support and recognise inspirational social work during the coronavirus pandemic.

Business investment in the health and social care sector has grown by 55% in a year amid the carnage of coronavirus, analysis by specialist tax relief consultancy Catax shows1. 

Men working in social care in England and Wales are 2.5 times more likely to die from Covid-19 than working-age men as a whole, the Office for National Statistics has found.

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman will be resuming all existing casework and taking on new complaints through its website from next week (29th).

The National Care Forum, the leading representative body for the not-for-profit adult social care sector, has sent an open letter to David Pearson

Responding to the ADASS Budget Survey Part 2: Impact of Covid on Budgets, Dr Layla McCay, a director at the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, said:

Social care charity Quarriers is helping people to stay connected during coronavirus through outdoor art.

A new paper from the neoliberal think tank the Adam Smith Institute argues that the social care system is broken, unfit for purpose and cannot be fixed by new taxes.