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Show us the money

By Lee Peart 01 April 2026

Social care funding is ‘a classic for the insurance system’, and the deadline for the final Casey Commission report should be brought forward. Lee Peart reports from a Smith Square debate.

SOCIAL CARE

A design moment for social care

26 March 2026

Paul Burstow, chair of the board, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), says the Fair Pay Agreement and Casey Commission create a rare opportunity to revisit the design of social care.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

NHS trust to transfer social care back to local council

By Lee Peart 24 March 2026

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is to serve 12-month notice of its plans to hand back responsibility for social care to Torbay Council.

COMMUNITY

Children stuck in hospital as lack of community care sparks 'hidden crisis'

By William Eichler 23 March 2026

Children are spending thousands of unnecessary days in hospital due to gaps in community and social care, the Children’s Commissioner for England has warned.

WORKFORCE

Social care body set to improve social care pay and conditions in Scotland

By Liz Wells 19 March 2026

A new voluntary social care bargaining body will be established in Scotland to help improve pay and conditions for more than 110,000 workers.

SOCIAL CARE

Visiting rights in hospitals and care homes to be strengthened

By Lee Peart 19 March 2026

Visiting rights in hospitals, care homes and hospices are to be strengthened under Government legislation.

SOCIAL CARE

How do we make a success of a National Care Service?

11 March 2026

England, Scotland and Wales are at different stages of their journey towards a National Care Service. William Burns asks what the countries can learn from each other’s path to reform.

SOCIAL CARE

Casey urged to consider potential of LATCos for social care

By Paul Marinko 11 March 2026

Baroness Louise Casey has been urged to look at local authority trading companies (LATCo) providing an ‘antidote’ to billions of pounds being drained from social care.

SOCIAL CARE

Councils are holding care together

11 March 2026

In the week of her appearance at The MJ Future Forum, Baroness Louise Casey sets out a frank overview of the reform challenge facing adult social care.

SOCIAL CARE

Funding, accountability and workforce key to National Care Service

By Lee Peart 10 March 2026

A National Care Service can only succeed if the Government confronts funding, accountability and workforce pressures, a report has warned.

SOCIAL CARE

Welsh councils urge funding boost to ease social care pressures

By Lee Peart 09 March 2026

Welsh councils have called for additional funding for social care to help break what they describe as a cycle of ‘managing crisis’ across frontline services.