Dimensions, the UK’s largest not-for-profit that supports people with learning disabilities and autism, has announced the winners of its Annual Learning Disability and Autism Leaders’ List. Run in conjunction with Learning Disability England and VODG, it celebrates the extraordinary stories and achievements of individuals across the UK. The Leaders’ List Read the full article…
Dimensions and ARC support the #UsToo campaign tackling domestic violence towards women and girls with learning disabilities and/or autism. The new campaign tackling domestic violence will also be providing victims, potential victims and services that support them with resources and training. Public Health England has found that people with learning Read the full article…
Hft, a national learning disability charity, and Care England have today announced their partnership to deliver Sector Pulse Check 2022, a report analysing the impact of challenges facing the adult social care sector with a focus on financial health. Since 2016, Hft has produced an annual Sector Pulse Check report. Read the full article…
The pharmaceutical company, Eisai, has presented data from its clinical trial of the Alzheimer’s drug, Lecanemab, at the CTAD conference. The Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference gathers key leaders in research from industry and academia with the objective of quickening the development of effective treatments to fight Alzheimer’s Disease. The results, Read the full article…
The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has issued its Autumn Statement response, summarising that the budget gives little hope to care workers. The CWC joins others across the care sector in sharing its disappointment that funding announced for adult social care in the Autumn Statement focused on freeing up NHS beds Read the full article…
The House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee is calling for clarity on the Government’s Autumn Statement and said it lacks strategy and vision for adult social care. In a letter sent today (Monday 28th November) to Jeremy Hunt MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Steve Barclay MP, Secretary of Read the full article…
Care England has expressed its disappointment this week with the Autumn Statement and its failure to comprehensively address the major fiscal challenges facing the adult social care sector. On 17th November, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the 2022 Autumn Statement to the House of Commons. Among the announcements relating Read the full article…
A new Welsh Government grant scheme to support energy efficiency improvements and decarbonisation across residential social care providers, which will help the sector deal with the cost of energy crisis, has been launched and is now open for applications. The £1.4m scheme is part of Welsh Government’s Backing Local Firms Read the full article…
The social care sector is celebrating Nursing Support Workers’ Day today, to recognise support worker’s invaluable contribution to nursing teams, patients, families and carers. To highlight and promote their work, The College of Nursing (RCN) has launched a new film to showcase the variety of critical roles they play in Read the full article…
The first major review on the role of councils in Integrated Care Systems (ICS), since their introduction, calls for ICS leaders to turn intentions into real action or risk disengagement with councils. IMPOWER’s new report, The Evolving Role of County Authorities in ICSs analyses the new systems which replaced Clinical Read the full article…
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