What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC) is seeking participants for the extension of its Practice In Need of Evidence programme, examining multi-agency partnerships working to improve outcomes in children’s
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Around 39,000 fewer older people are receiving long-term care from councils than in 2015/16, despite a rise in demand, figures show. The number of people with social care needs receiving
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Cancer patients are too afraid to ask for support because they are worried about adding to the workload of overstretched NHS staff, a charity fears. More than two thirds of
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Edel Harris will be the next Chief Executive Officer of Royal Mencap Society, the charity confirmed today. She will leave her current role as CEO of Cornerstone, which provides a
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Prescription charges would be scrapped in England under a Labour government which would also set up a “publicly-owned generic drugs manufacturer”, the party has pledged. Leader Jeremy Corbyn, who will
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The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) annual assessment of the state of health and social care in England shows that quality ratings have been maintained overall – but people’s experience of
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Inspectors say they are increasingly concerned about the pressure on NHS hospitals as new figures show more than half of A&E departments are inadequate or require improvement. The Care Quality
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A Salford woman with autism was left without proper support after the city council failed to review her care plan for more than five years, the Local Government and Social
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The Mental Welfare Commission has updated its good practice guide on the use of seclusion in hospitals and in the community for people with mental illness or learning disability. The
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The nominees for this year’s Social Worker of the Year Awards have been announced. 94 practitioners, social work teams and organisations from across England have been shortlisted this year in
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