The sector employs 1.6 million people in England (about the same as the NHS ). There are many concerns about the sector: ...

A councillor has said the government needs to urgently help their authority with adult care costs, to avoid bankruptcy.

Reduction in adult social care staff shortages between March and December 2024 follows two years of falling vacancy numbers, ...

A local authority says it has a plan to tackle problems with its adult social care services highlighted in a health watchdog ...

Adult social care is teetering on the brink of collapse with a “crisis unfolding in real time”, a damning report warns today.

At the start of 2025, on 3 January, the Government set out ambitions to “transform social care” which include: support for ...

Delays to social care reforms risk providers going bust and councils rationing support for the elderly and vulnerable, the ...

A piece of technology named ‘Ethel’ is helping Telford & Wrekin Council get to grips with the ever-rising costs of social ...

A strengths based approach helped Manchester's Better Outcomes Better Lives programme improve service outcomes and deliver significant savings, writes ...

Long waiting times and inconsistencies has resulted in a local authority’s adult social care services being rated as “require improvement”. Medway Council narrowly missed out on a “good ...

Despite people often wanting to stay at home, services have not developed to meet these needs ... UK government introduce a statutory duty for providers to ensure all adult social care staff undertake ...

The amount of complaints being made about how adults are being cared for in Reading is reducing, according to the latest figures.