Dilnot commission plans to overhaul social care assessments and eligibility risk loading extra bureaucracy on to social workers without delivering on their promise of fairer access to care. (Image: ...

Quarter of social care professionals say initial assessments are carried out through call centres, while there has been an apparent fall in face-to-face assessments, finds Community Care's annual ...

People are waiting too long for adult social care assessments at Leicestershire County Council, an inspection by the health care watchdog has found. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the adult ...

Adult social care covers a large range of services given to the frail and disabled, from home visits to end-of-life care. Unlike the NHS, care is not free: there is both a needs assessment and a means ...

A large and compelling body of evidence suggests that social circumstances—including income, education, food, housing, neighborhood conditions, and social connections—strongly influence health.

Screening for social determinants of health (SDOH) is increasingly done in primary and specialty care settings. Payers and health care organizations have recognized the importance of these ...

Around 600 people every day are joining growing waiting lists to be assessed for social care and support in England, figures from councils suggest. Patients Waiting for Longer Than a Year for Social ...

EXCLUSIVE: Failure to get to grips with a deepening adult social care crisis has seen care home providers charge eye-watering ...

The number of hospital patients waiting for support from Powys County Council, before they can return home, has been cut by a ...

In 2023-24 Leicestershire County Council spent £238.5m on adult social care People are waiting too long for adult social care assessments at Leicestershire County Council, an inspection by the health ...