Thousands of extra medically fit patients will be discharged from hospitals into community care settings, including care homes, over the...

More than 9 in 10 NHS leaders have warned of a social care workforce crisis in their area, which they expect to get worse this winter....

When asked why they hadn’t thought about planned for or spoken to family about care, 29% of those over 75 said it was because the thought...

Overall, when people have been able to actually access the care they need, the quality of care at the point of delivery is mostly good....

A report from the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee, suggests that while 10 million of us are affected by the adult social care...

More than 9 in 10 adult social services directors in England do not believe there is the ‘funding’ or ‘workforce’ to meet care costs of...

It is common for families over the Christmas period to realise that older relatives may not be managing on their own and maybe in need of...

Average pay for adult social workers is 57% higher in local authorities than in the independent sector, official data has revealed. The...

Social care’s “increasingly unsustainable reliance” on agency staff needs urgent government intervention, a provider body has warned....

Around half a million people may be waiting either for an adult social care assessment, for care or a direct payment to begin, or for a...

As we start the new year little has changed in the world of social care. In its latest assessment, The Care Quality Commission has...

The NHS Confederation highlighted that only 4 in 10 patients were able to leave hospital when they were ready to. They said that at that...