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SOCIAL CARE

Government 'abdicating responsibility' on social care, say Lib Dems

By Lee Peart 08 May 2025

The Government has been accused of abdicating its responsibility on building a consensus on fixing social care.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Cost of doing nothing on social care must be assessed, say MPs

By Lee Peart 06 May 2025

MPs have warned the Government it must assess the cost of doing nothing on social care and speed up the process of reform.

NICE

NICE updates guidance to help cut falls and related hospital admissions

By Liz Wells 02 May 2025

Personalised assessments that consider factors, including the hazards in a person’s home and their previous medical history, will help reduce falls in older and at-risk people, according to updated...

SOCIAL CARE

Ten-year time frame for social care reform 'deeply disappointing'

By Lee Peart 02 May 2025

News that the first phase of social care reform will take 10 years to be fully delivered has been met with disappointment by sector leaders.

TECHNOLOGY

Government unveils technology and career path plan to transform social care

By Liz Wells 09 April 2025

Care leaders will be trained to use technology to improve patient care and help people live independently in their own homes for longer.

NHS ENGLAND

What's the plan?

By Lee Peart 07 April 2025

Former health secretary Stephen Dorrell says Labour has failed to set out how it wants the health service to change despite being in power for nine months

SOCIAL CARE

Charity that helped ease NHS pressures forced to close

By Lee Peart 02 April 2025

A charity that supported vulnerable people to stay at home and ease pressure on the NHS has been forced to close.

SOCIAL CARE

Advisory council to help accelerate social care reform

By Lee Peart 02 April 2025

An advisory council has been appointed by the Social Care Foundation (SCF) think-tank to help the Casey Commission implement faster reform.

WES STREETING

Streeting pledges to spend more on social care through NHS

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

Social care will receive more funding through the NHS in this spring’s 10-Year Health Plan, the health and social care secretary has revealed.

SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE

The untapped potential of social care

24 March 2025

NHS financial and operational sustainability cannot be achieved without strengthening social care, write Kathryn Smith, chief executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence