Laura Noszlopy is a research fellow on a project examining the impact of Care Act easements, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant ES/V015486/1. This work ...

The government has three objectives for adult social care. These are to improve the quality of care and support, enable people to have more choice and control over their care and support, and to ...

Blackpool Council's director of adult social services has announced she will step down at the end of the year. Karen Smith, ...

Overspending on adult social care budgets hits highest level in a decade, in part because NHS responsibilities are being transferred to councils, finds annual ADASS budget survey Photo: fizkes/Adobe ...

As sector awaits tight spending settlement for next three years, analysis by think tank finds significant rise needed to keep pace with rising demand and costs, with even more required to tackle unmet ...

There are three times more jobs that need filling in adult social care than there are in other types of job in the health system, the Care Quality Commission’s latest State of Health Care report has ...

Doubts have been cast over the future of social care following local government reorganisation, as a new report contests calculations made in some LGR business plans. Research commissioned by the ...