The Welsh government has published the Social care workforce delivery plan 2024/27.
The King’s Fund has published two additions to its ‘NHS in a nutshell’ series, the first on social care and the second on NHS waiting times.
The provision of free personal care was announced this week as part of the Liberal Democrats’ pledge to end the social care crisis.
The Scottish government has launched a ‘national engagement’ to collect views on how best to transform health and social care services to meet changing demands.
With long waiting lists, industrial action and financial challenges, the NHS and social care will be in the spotlight in the run up to the election.
A 1% increase in wages could lead to an increase in employment of between 1.75% to 1.8% in adult social care in Scotland, according to an analysis by the University of Kent.
Guidance for the Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund for 2024/25 has been released.
There were 152,000 vacancies in adult social care in 2022/32 out of a workforce of 1.79 million, according to figures compiled by The King’s Fund.
The next UK government will need to boost funding for adult social care to expand access to publicly funded services, says the Nuffield Trust.
An incoming or returning government will need to boost funding for adult social care to expand access to publicly funded services and provide fair fees to providers as part of a comprehensive reform package, according to the Nuffield Trust.