Community CareOpinion

How Burnham's national care service plan falls short of sector's reform ambitions

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

Social Work England positive about CPD completion rate following first month of renewal process

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 ...
Community CareOpinion

How Burnham's national care service plan falls short of ambitions for reform

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

Social workers lack knowledge and confidence to promote direct payments, amid persistently low take-up, report finds

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

Employers not doing enough to keep social workers safe during visits, say practitioners

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

Care workers to get national pension scheme, says social care secretary

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

Working-age adults not promised free care under Burnham plan

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 ...
Community Care

Fitness to practise caseloads up by a third in Scotland due to referral spike

Scottish Social Services Council says it received 15.5% (748) more fitness to practise referrals in 2025-26 than 2024-25 ...