Social Care

The social care workforce are being urged to respond to a call for evidence which will help shape a new Women’s Health Strategy.

Responding to the Queen’s Speech, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: “The Government’s proposals laid out today are to be welcomed and are a step in the right direction

Research shows almost half of UK adults think the government isn’t sufficiently concerned about the needs of older people 

Care England, the largest representative body of independent adult social care providers, has expressed its disappointment that meaningful social care reform, a very live issue, has been kicked into the long grass again.

New figures reveal the difficulties facing England’s social care sector before the pandemic, with more people requesting support but fewer getting the help they needed. The data puts further pressure

With mounting pressure on the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to make good his promise of social care reform at the State Opening of Parliament on 11th May, the National Care Forum (NCF)

A London School of Economics-led commission has called on the government to introduce a Dilnot-style cap on care costs of £75,000, and to put 1p on income tax, national insurance