We have become a “nation of carers” according to a new report which reveals numbers caring full-time for a disabled loved one have skyrocketed. Experts warn lack of formal social care is driving ...

An independent review of Social Work England must take place immediately in the wake of its decision to increase practitioner fees by a third, practitioner bodies have said. The British Association of ...

The 2014 Care Act ('the Act') has been called the most significant reform of adult social care in England since 1948, introducing a core legal entitlement of adults to care and support based on the ...

England’s social care system is at “breaking point”, with the number of unpaid carers increasing by 70 per cent over the past two decades, according to a report. Research for the Institute of Public ...

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