The prime minister's pledge of free personal care for older people would not address many of the issues facing sector ...

As of 30 September 2026, 11.8% of social workers had met regulator's CPD requirements for registration renewal, up from 10.9% at the same time last year ...

The prime minister's pledge of free personal care for older people would not address many of the issues facing sector ...

With the Casey Commission having recently called for a more honest conversation about adult social care, the first wave of Care Quality Commission (CQC) local authority assessments offers a grounded ...

Lack of training and workload issues creating barriers to practitioners offering people direct payments, finds report ...

Social workers say employers are failing to take steps to keep them safe, despite frequent verbal abuse during visits ...

ADCS says Ofsted plan to penalise councils for using unregistered homes would hold authorities to unattainable standard ...

A third of carers are spending over 100 hours a week caring, while use of services by those they care for has fallen ...

Yvette Cooper announces collective pension scheme for care staff in England following lobbying from UNISON, which warned that ...

Andy Burnham says manifesto for election due by 2029 will contain proposals to deliver and fund free social care ...

Andy Burnham has pledged to provide free personal care for older people, but given no such promise to working-age disabled adults, under planned reforms announced this week. A statement on the ...

Assessment and safeguarding complaint numbers rose significantly, but ombudsman upheld similar number to previous year ...