The king and queen of Sweden have visited the University of Stirling to learn about its dementia research. The royal couple met researchers based at the Dementia Services Development Centre
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Baby therapy might boost a child’s social development so much that it could result in them falling below the threshold for a clinical diagnosis of autism, new research suggests. A
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Skills for Care has announced the Workforce Development Fund (WDF) 2021-22 is now open to adult social care employers in England to support the development of their staff at all
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People with mentally stimulating jobs have a lower risk of dementia in later years than those who have non-stimulating work, research has suggested. Scientists looked at more than 100,000 participants
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Skills for Care has announced the launch a new vision which sets out their strategic aims for adult social care over the next three years. The new strategy sets out
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People with learning disabilities are up to 11 times more likely to die from respiratory disease than the rest of the population, a study has found. The Scottish Learning Disabilities
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A team of researchers from the University of Hertfordshire, Leeds Beckett University and the University of Nottingham have been awarded over £300,000 of funding from the Alzheimer’s Society to co-design
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A team of researchers from the University of Hertfordshire has been awarded funding of almost £1million by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to build research capacity in adult
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A scheme designed to allow NHS staff to assist with health training in developing countries has been hit with a £48 million cut as part of wider overseas aid reductions,
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The University of Wolverhapton has announced that construction of a £5 million health and social care training centre in Telford in now complete. The new Marches Centre of Excellence in
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