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 ...

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

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With such a complex and collaborative role envisaged for adult social care departments, it’s no surprise that different directors tend to emphasise different parts of their very flexible brief, writes ...

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 ...

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Karen Smith, who has spent 24 years working for the authority in a range of senior positions, said she has decided to retire after reflecting on her future. Her departure comes four months after ...