Social Care

In the last 2 hours

Birmingham adult social care rated 'good' by CQC again but more work needed Birmingham Live05:18

Earlier today

Nine out of ten children's drownings 'could have been prevented', shock new data shows The Mirror00:19

Yesterday

East Ayrshire loses long-standing delayed discharge record Cumnock Chronicle16:58 15-Jun-26

Bridgwater couple left in limbo as 'unfair dementia tax' costs thousands Bridgwater Mercury16:04 15-Jun-26

Hospital 'proud' of Swah chaplains honoured by the King The Impartial Reporter, Northern Ireland15:10 15-Jun-26

Pioneering guidance aims to reframe adult social care approaches Third Force News13:22 15-Jun-26

Anti-abortion MSP appointed as Convener of Health and Social Care Committee in the Scottish Parliament. BPAS (Press Release)10:15 15-Jun-26

Social care costs leave council in 'fragile' state BBC09:46 15-Jun-26

CQC social care probe should be'wake-up call' for Somerset Council Somerset Live05:57 15-Jun-26

In the last 7 days

New report states Dartmoor residents face barriers to accessible housing The Moorlander09:18 14-Jun-26

Murderer who killed his wife now struck off as a social care worker East Lothian Courier09:07 14-Jun-26

Thurso UHI college to host new courses as part of enhanced programme across region John O'Groat Journal, Scotland16:22 13-Jun-26

Council budget balanced despite overspends on social care and children services Hexham Courant, Northumberland05:12 13-Jun-26

Council auditors focus on health and social care after financial issues Cumnock Chronicle16:09 12-Jun-26

Royal Borough of Greenwich’s adult social care services rated ‘Good’ by CQC Southwark News14:46 12-Jun-26

Adult social care praised as council celebrates ‘good’ rating Rochdale Times14:16 12-Jun-26

Warning over impact of work to get health and social care finances on track Cumnock Chronicle14:08 12-Jun-26

Skills for Care launches Training Hub for adult social care providers Social Care Today14:03 12-Jun-26

Free support service to help Wolverhampton families continues with VoiceAbility City Of Wolverhampton Council (Press Release)13:28 12-Jun-26

Fermanagh native honoured at Royal College of Nursing awards The Impartial Reporter, Northern Ireland12:42 12-Jun-26

Health and social care climate emergency national programme Welsh Government (Press Release)12:03 12-Jun-26

Cost of children’s social care at record high Social Care Today12:01 12-Jun-26

Campaign to end loneliness roadshow comes to stadium Doncaster Free Press11:40 12-Jun-26

Adult social care praised as council celebrates Care Quality Commission ‘good’ rating Rochdale Borough Council (Press Release)11:14 12-Jun-26

MPs push for SEND amendments to Health Bill LocalGov11:10 12-Jun-26

Watchdog says Nottingham adult social care 'needs improvement' Hucknall Dispatch Online10:58 12-Jun-26

SEND tribunals overlooked in NHS reforms, say MPs Education Business10:50 12-Jun-26

Council committed to adult social care improvements following CQC report My Nottingham News07:07 12-Jun-26

Council's adult social care 'requires improvement' BBC06:28 12-Jun-26

Slump in health and social care support eligibility prompts call for review Public Finance03:57 12-Jun-26

Leadership problems, delays, and safety shortfalls - City’s adult social care needs improvement Nottinghamshire Live00:21 12-Jun-26

Council budget balanced despite huge overspends on social care and children's services in… Chronicle Live00:18 12-Jun-26

Andy Burnham: Disabled activists deliver their verdict Disability News Service17:50 11-Jun-26

Health and Social Care Secretary speech at NHS ConfedExpo 2026 GOV.UK (Press Release)16:24 11-Jun-26

Wes Streeting Plies Labour MPs With ‘Health & Social Care’ Drinks Guido Fawkes15:36 11-Jun-26

Five-year blueprint approved for health and social care services Argyll Bute 2414:55 11-Jun-26

Fife care worker struck off after ‘extremely serious’ sexual assault conviction Central Fife Times11:44 11-Jun-26

Councillor warns health minister about risk of North Ayrshire social care crisis Largs & Millport News07:12 11-Jun-26

Urgent action demanded over west Wales social care crisis Western Telegraph06:13 11-Jun-26

Joint statement from the Chief Executives of Northern Ireland Health and Social Care HSC Public Health Agency (Press Release)17:37 10-Jun-26

Balanced budget despite huge overspends on social care and children's services Northumberland Gazette16:51 10-Jun-26

South Eastern Trust nurses celebrate top honours at RCN Awards Northern Ireland World16:27 10-Jun-26

Visa rethink needed to fix social care crisis – UNISON Labour Outlook16:20 10-Jun-26

Stand by our Health Workers Ulster Unionist Party15:08 10-Jun-26

Children’s social care spend hits record £14.7bn Children & Young People Now12:09 10-Jun-26

Poor housing is damaging people’s health and driving pressure on health services, says the Royal College of… Your Harlow11:33 10-Jun-26

Women in social care facing ‘persistent barriers’ to progress, warns Care England Nursing in Practice10:19 10-Jun-26

New chief officer appointed by Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership Scottish Housing News10:01 10-Jun-26

Royal College of Occupational Therapists highlight health implications of poor housing Scottish Housing News09:31 10-Jun-26

Staff praised for work in council's social care service Cumnock Chronicle08:12 10-Jun-26

Andy Burnham is right about social care funding. But that’s not the real problem Politics.co.uk08:10 10-Jun-26

Migrant care workers protest UK visa rule changes at Holyrood STV07:35 10-Jun-26

Visa rethink is only way to avoid deepening staff crisis in social care UNISON (Press Release)00:56 10-Jun-26

Children’s charities cost of social care warning – LGA response Local Government Association (Press Release)00:17 10-Jun-26

Developing research on distance care in dementia through NIHR RPSC funding National Institute for Health Research20:53 9-Jun-26

County council says it has successfully balanced the books despite rising demand for social care Lichfield Live18:17 9-Jun-26

Help shape our Adult Social Care services Rutland County Council (Press Release)17:28 9-Jun-26

Building a Prevention-First, Data-Enabled NHS by 2035: Insights from a techUK, Axiologik and Opencast roundtable techUK17:25 9-Jun-26

Funding scheme launched to speed-up innovative health research National Institute for Health Research15:43 9-Jun-26

Help shape Adult Social Care by joining Rutland's Experts by Experience Participation Group Rutland County Council (Press Release)13:53 9-Jun-26

South Tyneside warning on unpaid carers help amid rising demand Shields Gazette12:16 9-Jun-26

‘Inspirational’ Dornoch care home manager shortlisted for national social care award Ross-shire Journal, Scotland11:22 9-Jun-26

Rural social care ‘left to pick up the pieces’ The Pembroke And Pembroke Dock Observer08:17 9-Jun-26

Social care has been 'left to pick up the pieces' Cambrian News07:26 9-Jun-26

Three-and-a-half year wait among social care delays affecting hundreds in York Ryedale Gazette & Herald, Yorkshire07:25 9-Jun-26

Consultation launched as move to 'critical-only' care proposed in East Ayrshire Cumnock Chronicle07:05 9-Jun-26

A care system on the brink cannot afford to lose migrant workers Morning Star00:03 9-Jun-26

In the last month

CQC social care probe should be 'wake-up call' for Somerset Council Bridgwater Mercury17:03 8-Jun-26

Rural social care in west Wales ‘left to pick up the pieces’ The Pembrokeshire Herald16:22 8-Jun-26

Free legal advice and webinars on adult social care this month Inside Croydon16:04 8-Jun-26

Embedding co-design and participation in early years services GOV.UK (Press Release)15:07 8-Jun-26

NHS owes £44m in unpaid invoices to care providers BBC13:28 8-Jun-26

Somerset Council commits to reforming adult social care services LocalGov12:06 8-Jun-26

Aberdeen social care worker allowed to keep job after fallen resident left on floor for seven… Aberdeen Live11:53 8-Jun-26

Council launches ‘Big Conversation’ on future of adult social care Northampton Chronicle & Echo10:43 8-Jun-26

Gateshead carer receives £150 for delay in assessment and start of housework support Chronicle Live01:18 8-Jun-26

SNP by-election candidate calls for fair funding for Sutherland social care hubs Northern Times, Scotland08:28 7-Jun-26

Senior officials visit Hampshire to see digital innovation in adult social care Hampshire Chronicle18:54 6-Jun-26

Government intervention removed from Solihull Council's children's social services Solihull Observer19:17 5-Jun-26

Plans for joined up health care amounted to 'a lot of meetings' ITV18:49 5-Jun-26

Change at the top as council leader reshuffles cabinet Gazette and Herald16:29 5-Jun-26

Ayrshire Achieves awards celebrate health and social care staff Cumnock Chronicle15:17 5-Jun-26

Chris Heaton-Harris and Gaurav Menon: Who Cares? Part 3 – Immigration, employment and the care… ConservativeHome13:06 5-Jun-26

Adult social care misses ‘good’ rating by one point Isle of Wight Observer11:21 5-Jun-26

The old age elephant in the room The Critic Magazine10:01 5-Jun-26

Council told to improve adult social care services BBC09:32 5-Jun-26

Bedford council approves recovery plan to tackle adult social care waiting lists Bedford Independent05:37 5-Jun-26

Powys care worker removed from register after road rage incident County Times05:09 5-Jun-26

Fear for 'most vulnerable' with proposed disability living allowance cuts Witney Gazette05:06 5-Jun-26

Adult social care failures revealed by inspectors Wellington Weekly News00:07 5-Jun-26

National Carers Week events – 8 to 14 June 2026 Isles of Scilly Council (Press Release)17:40 4-Jun-26

Universal credit migration and the death of David Panther Disability News Service17:25 4-Jun-26

Improvement plan for adult services in wake of watchdog criticism Bedford Times & Citizen17:21 4-Jun-26

MSP uses first Holyrood speech to demand £15 minimum wage for care workers Largs & Millport News17:08 4-Jun-26

'We are changing children’s social care to build, rather than break, loving relationships' Children & Young People Now17:03 4-Jun-26

A chance to meet Adult Social Care Commissioners at June drop-in events Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (Press Release)16:27 4-Jun-26

Bristol NHS Group and Highland bring health tech innovation directly to health and social care staff across Bristol,… University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (Press Release)15:48 4-Jun-26

Showcasing the impact of AI with local government staff nationwide Lancashire County Council (Press Release)11:05 4-Jun-26

East Lothian man who murdered wife in frenzied knife attack struck off care register Edinburgh Live11:00 4-Jun-26

'Shock and sadness' over number of children on protection register The Impartial Reporter, Northern Ireland08:04 4-Jun-26

Council's adult social care services rated 'Good' by Care Quality Commission Bournemouth Daily Echo07:49 4-Jun-26

Adult social care jobs fair to showcase careers at North East town hall Darlington and Stockton Times07:01 4-Jun-26

Dorset's adult social care services rated 'Good' Dorset Echo00:18 4-Jun-26

Greens push vote on £15 minimum for care workers Morning Star18:09 3-Jun-26

Mental health support services move under council management in Gloucestershire Gazette Series17:05 3-Jun-26

Cabinet to approve new Adult Social Care Policy Derby City Council (Press Release)15:54 3-Jun-26

More residents supported to live independently as care services continue to improve Wirral Council (Press Release)15:18 3-Jun-26

Patients ‘deteriorating in wards’ amid social care backlog Brecon & Radnor Express14:26 3-Jun-26

Green call to vote for £15 minimum wage for social care workers Midlothian View13:22 3-Jun-26

Chris Heaton-Harris and Gaurav Menon: Who Cares? Part 1 – We need to talk about adult social… ConservativeHome13:07 3-Jun-26

Cabinet lead for Adult Social Care and Health Partnerships expresses serious concerns over abolition of Healthwatch Cornwall Council11:35 3-Jun-26

How two UK councils are using AI note-taking to cut social workers' admin burden Diginomica11:00 3-Jun-26

Mental health services shift to Council The Forester10:32 3-Jun-26

Scottish Greens call for £15 minimum wage for social care workers Deadline News09:44 3-Jun-26

Megan – Humans of Avon and Somerset Avon and Somerset Police (Press Release)09:32 3-Jun-26

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