Category: Community Care- Adults
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Labour’s return to power last week was greeted with a chorus of welcomes from adult social care organisations in England – along with a chorus of demands of the new government. Broadly, these were for significant […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Stephen Kinnock has been appointed as the minister with responsibility for adult social care in the new government. The Labour MP for Aberafan Maesteg in Wales becomes minister of state for care in the Department of […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. By Ellie Atkins As a manager and safeguarding lead for a social work team in Manchester, I work with people experiencing severe multi-exclusion homelessness. In this article, I will explore the context in which people’s struggles […]
Wes Streeting and Bridget Phillipson have been handed responsibility for social care in the Labour government, after it took power today. Prime minister Keir Starmer has appointed both to the cabinet roles mirroring the briefs they held in opposition. Streeting has become health and social care secretary, giving him responsibility for the NHS and adult […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Labour has returned to power with an overwhelming victory in the 2024 general election. With two more results due to come in, the party has won 412 seats, giving it a majority in the House of […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Claire Wright is an advanced practitioner occupational therapist (OT) working in adult social care. She describes a typical Thursday working from home. 08:30 – It is a beautiful sunny day and today is a work from […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. The number of court applications in England regarding deprivation of liberty under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) has reached a record high, show Minister of Justice (MoJ) figures. The Court of Protection (CoP) received 2,022 […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Just over half of Community Care readers will be voting Labour in next week’s general election, a poll has found. With the party predicted to win a sizeable majority on Thursday (4 July), our poll found […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Our interview with Ruth Allen is part of a series of profiles of key figures who have shaped social work over the past five decades, to mark Community Care’s 50th anniversary. Previous interviewees include Eileen Munro, Herbert […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Mental health social workers pose the greatest recruitment and retention challenge for adults’ services, a survey of councils has found. Authorities told the Local Government Association (LGA) that they were struggling to compete with other employers, […]