The Prime Minister has set out his strategy for reforming the social care system in England via a series of announcements. In a major speech yesterday, the Prime Minister announced that he has asked Baroness Louise Casey to fast-track her final report, due to be published in 2028, to summer Read the full article…
Care England has published a new report in which it rates the last government as ‘requires improvement’ against adult social care reform. The report, titled Two Years of Promises, acts as a scorecard grading the government’s delivery against every commitment in Labour’s 2024 manifesto that bears on adult social care, Read the full article…
New Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) research findings published today explore how inequities shape social care experiences. Drawing on the experiences of people who draw on care and unpaid carers, the research considers how factors like disability, income, where people live, ethnicity, age and gender all affect the care Read the full article…
The adult social care sector has broadly welcomed Andy Burnham’s appointment as the UK’s new Prime Minister. However, leading voices within the sector have also urged the new Government to move quickly on long-promised reforms to England’s social care system. The new Prime Minister has made social care one of Read the full article…
A newly-established body is set to represent care workers in England during upcoming negotiations on pay and working conditions. The new Adult Social Care Negotiating Body will be set up by the end of the year, bringing together trade unions and employers to negotiate on behalf of the sector to Read the full article…
The latest edition of an annual local authority survey finds that rising care needs are leaving councils £715m over budget. This is according to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) 2026 Spring Survey, which highlights that the number of people approaching their council for adult social care Read the full article…
A new Care Association Alliance (CAA) report sets out a new national funding model for adult social care. Designed to give families certainty, providers stability and councils the resources to do their job, the report proposes pooling the financial risk of an ageing population nationally, rather than leaving it with Read the full article…
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has shared the findings from its first-ever national programme of local authority assessments in England. The programme, which began in December 2023, assessed how local authorities are delivering their adult social care duties under Part 1 of the Care Act. The report aims to provide Read the full article…
The interim Timms Review report has been published, finding that the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is no longer fit for purpose. The interim report comes as part of the first comprehensive review of PIP since the benefit was introduced in 2013 and sets out the evidence gathered so far to Read the full article…
In a major speech on Tuesday, Baroness Casey of Blackstock announced plans to launch a national public social care conversation. Speaking at the Local Government Association’s (LGA’s) annual conference, Baroness Casey warned that we must resist the temptation to attempt major reform of adult social care without first having an Read the full article…
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