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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

North East Lincolnshire Council's adult social care has been rated as 'requires improvement' by the Care Quality Commission ...

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