Transition between health and social care

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) have today, 23 October 2026, responded to the Care Quality Commission's ‘The state of health care and adult social care in England 2025/26’ report, which highlights inequalities in...

Today, 12 October 2026, The King’s Fund has published ‘Equal access: a fairer system of social care support for England’, setting out its recommendations on how to reform the social care sector. It has also shared new analysis which reveals significant local...

The King’s Fund has today, 25 September 2026, published ‘Direct Payments: Creating the conditions for choice and control’. This new research explores why Direct Payment uptake varies so widely across England, and what local authorities can do to improve it. Think...

The Prime Minister has established social care as a key government priority. It is encouraging to hear a Prime Minister acknowledge the importance of reform, describing previous failure to reform as “a major dereliction of public duty”, calling for “more problem...