Social care needs equal priority with NHS, Caring concerns of carers of loved ones, vulnerable customers encouraged to open up to financial firms

by Richard Johnson | 31st July 2025 | Adult Social Care

Adult Social Care Four in five say social care deserves equal priority to the NHS, new poll reveals A new poll has found that 79% of the British public believe social care reform deserves just as much government attention as the NHS – a powerful message of support...

Spending Review and the impact on social care, health MOT’s for over 65’s, supporting older homeowners with downsizing, life expectancy and later life finance options and vulnerability

by Richard Johnson | 30th June 2025 | Adult Social Care

Adult Social Care ‘Social care left out in the cold once again’ : Sector leaders respond to this month’s Spending Review Sector think tanks and leaders have welcomed the extra investment announced in the Government’s first Spending Review under the new Labour...

End of Overseas Recruitment Route for Care Workers, Care Commission progress, Firms still sticking too rigidly to processes that ultimately do not support vulnerable customers

by Richard Johnson | 30th May 2025 | Adult Social Care

Government to End Overseas Recruitment Route for Care Workers Amid Migration Reforms The government has announced plans to close the overseas visa route for care workers as part of new measures to reduce net migration....

Plan for change, social care going digital and vulnerability

by Richard Johnson | 30th April 2025 | Adult Social Care

In our blog this month we find that older people are ‘losing faith in Government’ as the care crisis deepens https://www.carehomeprofessional.com/older-people-losing-faith-in-government-as-care-crisis-deepens-report-finds/, the latest edition of The New Ageing Index...

Complexity in claiming social security benefits, violence towards social care workers and treatment of vulnerable customers by financial services providers

by Richard Johnson | 31st March 2025 | Adult Social Care

In this month’s blog we look at social security benefits in later life and find that older people find applying for these benefits ‘long and difficult’, according to the research from Independent Age, with excess complexity locking people out of some of the major...