Taking place on day two of the Birmingham Care Show, Hibant has been announced as the winner of the 2026 Care Innovation Challenge. Professor Vic Rayner OBE, Chief Executive Officer at the National Care Forum (NCF), facilitators of the Care Innovation Challenge, made the announcement and presented Hibant with its Read the full article…
A new report warns loyalty is masking strain in social care as a study of more than 57,000 care workers publishes its findings. The first Click Pulse Workforce Insight Report, published by Flourish, draws on feedback from care workers across 1,936 organisations, collected between May and August 2026. The study Read the full article…
Dame Esther Rantzen, the first host of the Markel 3rd Sector Care Awards, has died at the age of 86. The acclaimed television presenter, founder of Childline and The Silver Line, died on 30th September 2026 after living with advanced lung cancer and spending her final years campaigning on issues Read the full article…
Major social care announcements were delivered by the Prime Minister yesterday at the Labour Party’s annual conference. In his speech, the Prime Minister announced that the pension Triple Lock, which guarantees the State Pension rises by whichever is highest out of inflation, wage increases or 2.5%, will be adjusted from Read the full article…
The winners of Digital Care Hub’s first Digital Care Photography Competition have been announced, depicting digital care in action. Sponsored by Nourish and announced at Digital Care Summit London, held on 23rd September, the competition winners reveal how technology can support people’s interests, independence and connections. CMM was proud to Read the full article…
Complaints about adult social care in England rose by 22% last year, according to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO). This finding forms part of the Ombudsman’s Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints 2025-26. The LGSCO received 3,938 complaints and enquiries about adult social care in general Read the full article…
Thousands of people across England are being invited to register for the public panel on adult social care. From Monday 21 September 2026, households across England will begin receiving letters inviting people aged 18 and over to register their interest in joining. The panel is part of the Big Conversation Read the full article…
Government has announced its intention to recruitment a Dementia Tsar to drive improvements in dementia outcomes. It follows a speech by Alison McGovern MP, Minister of State for Social Care and Mental Health at the Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference, where she confirmed that Government will ‘appoint a Dementia Tsar, backed Read the full article…
A new City & Guilds report finds the care sector is struggling with a shortage of everyday workforce soft skills. According to City & Guilds, a shortage in soft skills can result in errors, delays, declining service quality and excessive hiring costs. The report, Counting the Cost: The UK’s Employability Skills Read the full article…
A new resource has been launched to help adult social care providers prepare their communications before a cyber incident happens. The resource, created by Digital Care Hub, includes separate checklists for home care and residential care services that have been designed to sit alongside providers’ business continuity plans. According to Read the full article…
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