Are social care services improving people's wellbeing?
Peter Beresford and Colin Slasberg
The Care Act has not delivered hoped-for change – but there is a way to deliver a better quality of life for older and disabled people
Leadership, learning and development in social care
Living with disability: 'Personal assistants are my ears, hands and body'
Nadia Clarke, who has cerebral palsy and is profoundly deaf, employs a team of eight PAs to help her study, work, socialise and travel
Leadership, learning and development in social care
'It must work better than a marriage': personal assistants in social care
Around 70,000 disabled people in England employ PAs to help them live the kind of lives others take for granted
March 2018
Will Jeremy Hunt's principles for social care reform prove to be pillars of wisdom?
David Brindle
Health and social care secretary pledges to jump-start debate on funding – but fails to promise emergency cash
December 2017
Adult social care
Community approach to social work delivers more personalised care
Nine councils have adopted a new programme, which has led to a quicker response, better staff morale and budget savings
September 2017
Personal budgets: why do councils still call the shots on care?
Colin Slasberg
Leadership, learning and development in social care
What care homes can do to improve life for their residents
Sophie Chester-Glyn
June 2017
Government must let service users and carers shape social care policy
Peter Beresford
The political party that wins the next general election is likely to be the one that signs up to a new vision of social care and support
May 2017
Leadership, learning and development in social care
Wage inspectors accused of 'outrageous inconsistency' over care worker pay
Freedom of information requests reveal HMRC guidance until early 2016 specified minimum rates applied only when workers were awake
April 2017
How to start a social care revolution in seven easy steps
Katie Johnston
The budget’s £2bn for social care is a short-term fix that masks the true scale of the crisis. We need to transform funding, commissioning and provision
January 2017
2017 the year ahead
For change in social care to bring value, it must be messy
Alex Fox
Reform is essential but can’t be big and fast, it must be on a more human scale
December 2016
New manifesto for social care is essential – service users should write it
Peter Beresford
We could all be Daniel Blake: social workers stand with disabled adults
Gerry Nosowska
November 2016
National Children and Adult Services Conference
Social care co-ops draw on first-hand experience
National Children and Adult Services Conference
The 'three conversations' model: turning away from long-term care
October 2016
How do we make care personalisation cost-efficient?
Tony Pilkington
Leadership, learning and development in social care
Valuing staff and providing security: social enterprises in social care
Rochdale council: we don't want a wide-scale return to residential care
Sheila Downey
Clock turned back on rights for people with a learning disability
Rob Greig
July 2016
Councils must play a more pivotal role in health and care integration
Roy Perry
Integration should be an equal partnership between the NHS and local authorities – these eight solutions will help
