White Paper Released With Proposals for the “Integration and Innovation” of Various Care Systems

Built upon a foundation set by the NHS's "Long Term Plan", the White Paper seeks [...]

Number of Emergency Food Parcels Delivered by Food Banks Sees Increase

The breifing shows an increase in both the number of food banks, and the number [...]

Government Making Progress on Domestic Abuse Bill

The bill primarily focuses on those aged over 16 in England. Section 9 of the [...]

ADASS Survey Shows Significant Rise in Requests for Adult Social Care

The “ADASS Autumn Survey”, which is responded to by councils across the country, was centred [...]

Mental Health and Income Commission publish report on “Mental Health Income Gap”

The final report from the Mental Health and Income Commission shows there is a significant  ‘mental health [...]

Two thirds of informal carers regularly fund care and support out of their own resources

New research released today by Carers UK, the leading membership charity for people caring unpaid [...]

Children’s Funeral Fund for England established

Families grieving the tragic loss of a child will no longer have to meet the [...]

DWP launch review of benefits for terminally ill people

Citing her own personal experiences, Amber Rudd has asked the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) [...]

Juggling Work & Unpaid Care – A Growing Issue

Caring, unpaid, for older and disabled relatives is an increasing issue for our time and [...]

 New House of Commons Library briefing on funding for adult social care

Adult social care services in England are facing significant funding pressures, due to the combination [...]