Employment Rights Act 2025 becomes law paving way for negotiation of fair pay agreements for adult social care staff ...

PHILIPPA RUSSELL’S son, Simon, has spent his life defying the odds. Born with fluid on the brain, he was one of the first children to have successful life-saving shunt surgery. He surprised his ...

Officials say it is ‘critical’ that they continue to follow a ‘preventative’ approach to the ever-increasing demand for adult ...

Health secretary Matt Hancock today (11 Feb) set out plans to reform the NHS and deliver a more joined up health and care system. A government white paper outlines proposals to make integrated care ...

A quarter of all children in England receive services from children's social care before turning 18, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The research, published in the International Journal of ...

Hospitals in England are operating at close to full capacity, with patients facing often facing lengthy waits for admission and ambulances stuck outside emergency departments. Seasonal pressures from ...

While it can currently be a bumpy ride for young people leaving England’s social care system, a new app developed by NGO Social Finance to give individuals more of a voice in decisions made about ...

The government has announced its first steps towards tackling the adult social care crisis in England. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said that an independent commission "will work to build a national ...

Nine councils in the UK have been awarded a share of up £700,000 to design and deploy digital innovations for social care through a project led by the Local Government Association (LGA), commissioned ...

The social care/social services workforce is in a period of transformation. Councils have been contracting out many services to the voluntary and private sector. The government has put social work on ...