VODG has signed up to Harry's Pledge, reaffirming our commitment to valuing and supporting carers in all their forms, whether in the workforce or within families.
The plan details the government’s ambition to transform cancer care and outcomes in England by 2035, including the need to improve screening, increase early detection and intervention and narrow health inequalities experienced by disabled people.
ADASS (The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services) have published their Autumn Survey of members, reflecting key concerns and trends from across local authorities.
Skills for Care published its annual report on the state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England, featuring key trends in filled posts, pay, recruitment and demographics.
The latest ADASS survey helpfully articulates the challenges facing social care and the need for action if the Government's ambitions for health and care are to be realised.
The Ten Year Health Plan seeks to implement the government's three shifts for the NHS from hospital to community, sickness to prevention and analogue to digital. But the NHS can only succeed if it works with the third sector.
Today’s Spending Review provides welcome investment in children’s social care, SEND, the NHS and social housing but instils very little confidence that adult social care will ever be seen as the essential public service it is.
There's a great deal of good within the Mental Health Bill currently going through Parliament, but more could be done to stop autistic people and people with a learning disability from being detained in long stay settings.
