Reforming adult social care
Adult social care and support is a vital public service that helps people of all ages, with different needs and in different settings, to live the life they want to lead.
Adult social care
Social care reforms delayed
As first was going to press, it was reported that a Government announcement on adult social care would be delayed until the autumn, despite ministers apparently reaching an agreement to fund reforms by raising national insurance.
Putting people first
If we build back local, we can put people at the heart of a new, reformed approach to social care.
CQC data on care home Covid deaths
More than 39,000 care home residents died with coronavirus in England in the year from 10 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, new figures suggest.
Care workers on the frontline
Action is needed on pay, conditions and training to support the people providing vital care services.
Councillors call for social care reform
More than nine in 10 councillors from across the country and political spectrum have called on government to give greater priority to social care and start committing more resources to it now.
Staff at residential homes ‘must have jab’
People working in care homes in England will need to have had both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine by October unless they have a medical exemption, under new laws to protect residents.
Adult social services’ ‘deluge’ of requests
Adult social services are facing a ‘deluge’ of requests for care and support from older people and disabled people of working age as society opens up after COVID-19, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has warned.
Framework for integrated care published
The NHS has set out how it will ask NHS leaders and partner organisations, including councils, to operate in integrated care systems from April 2022.
Sleep-in shifts court ruling
The Supreme Court has ruled that the national minimum wage does not apply to hours when workers are expected to sleep, including time when care workers are paid to sleep overnight in someone’s home on a precautionary basis.