Classic American Cars Roll into Houghton-le-Spring Dementia Care Home
The show-stopping lineup included a 1952 Chevy Navy (which once served a very different purpose – transporting prisoners!), a 90s Dodge Ram 3500, a 1970…
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Social Care
Financial Pressure on Councils Leading to Reduced Care Spending Survey Reveals
Local authorities across England have been forced to cut prevention spending by over 10% this year as adult social care costs spiral out of control,…
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Why Co-Production and Lived Experience Are Transforming Care
By Raf Hamaizia, Expert by Experience Lead, Cygnet Health Care (www.cygnetgroup.com), speaking during National Co-Production Week I am pleased that co-production has its own awareness…
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SCIE’s National Co-Production Week 2025 Uncovers New Insights Into Innovation Through Co-Production
The tenth annual Co-Production Week, hosted by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), has revealed compelling new insights into how co-production is reshaping adult…
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Delivering Neighbourhood Health Services Requires Intervention with the Social Care Sector
Care England has responded to the Government’s announcement on the introduction of neighbourhood health services, noting the potential benefits of more locally coordinated care but…
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Boost For Care Workforce As Care Professionals Register Meets PSA Public Interest Test
The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has today published a report confirming that the Care Professionals Register – administered by the National Association of Care and…
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Care England Responds to Government’s “Cost of Inaction”
Care England has welcomed the government’s formal response to the Health and Social Care Committee report Adult social care reform: The Cost of Inaction.. The response…
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Hidden Quarter Trillion: Councils’ £276bn Untapped Economic Potential
Councils across England could unleash £276 billion of untapped economic potential – equivalent to more than a 10th of national output – with government support…
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Berkley Care Group Welcomes QICN And DHSC Leaders For Launch Of New Faculty Of Adult Social Care Nursing
The Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing’s newly appointed Chief Executive marked her first day in post with a visit to a leading all-inclusive care group…
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NHS 10-Year Plan Welcomed, But Success Hinges on Social Care Leadership and Integration
Care England has welcomed the ambitions of the Government’s 10-Year Health Plan – but warns that without clarity on how adult social care is integrated…
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COVID-19 Inquiry Continues to Examine Care Sector Impact
The inquiry has continued this week examining the impact of the pandemic on care services for elderly and disabled people. Healthcare professionals working in residential…
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Social Care Safeguarding In Crisis, Warns Legal Rights Charity
On 4th July 2024, the Labour Government was elected on a mandate of change. One year on, Access Social Care’s annual State of the Nation report reveals a…
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Give 65-Year-Olds Adult Social Care ‘MOT’ To Keep More People Out Of Care Homes, Says IPPR
A new report from think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), has set out its plan to stop the spiralling costs of adult…
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Sector Responds to Governments 10-Year Health Plan
The unveiling of the government’s long-awaited 10-year Health Plan today has prompted immediate and varied reactions from across the health, residential and nursing care sector,…
Read more...Innovative Care Solutions Ready – Leadership And Investment Now Needed To Scale Them
Urgent action is needed to scale up innovation in adult social care and meet the growing demands on services, particularly for unpaid carers, according to…
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