The number of patients being kept in hospital who are well enough to leave has risen slightly, new figures have shown. Official statistics from a census carried out in hospitals
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Richard Banks shares some ideas being considered by the Residential Forum for a neighbourhood approach to designing models of residential and supported living. How did social care get to be
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Game Of Thrones star Kit Harington has urged the public to back a campaign about overnight care for people with learning disabilities. The 30-year-old, who plays Jon Snow in the
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) has announced the appointment of Declan McAllister as their new Director of Registration and Corporate Services. Many will already know Declan from his
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The integration of health and social care is underfunded and lacks a long-term financial strategy, a Holyrood committee has been told. The budget shortfall means the required shift in the
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Skills for Health, Health Education England and Skills for Care have announced a new Framework to support person-centred approaches for the health and social care workforce. This approach, outlined in
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Proposals to help transform standards of care and raise the status of the social care workforce in Wales have been published. They are set out in a consultation, Transforming care
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Healthcare provision to residents in care homes across England is often ‘erratic and inequitable’, a major three-year study funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) has found. Led
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Ministers have been warned the clock is ticking for them to prevent the collapse of care providers for people with learning disabilities. Mencap said the Government had until August 15
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Vulnerable people who lack the ability to choose how they are cared for are being “let down” by the very institutions that are charged with their care, an Ombudsman has
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