The Homecare Innovation Challenge is led by the Department of Health and aims to improve homecare for older people and disabled adults in England. The Homecare Innovation Challenge invites ideas and new approaches from everyone who is interested in homecare, including people who receive homecare, care workers, local authorities, charities, care companies, communities and carers. Comments will be shared on the Guardian Homecare Hub and will be available for everyone to see and reflect on, so people can learn from each other.
New report highlights need for focus on personalisation, choice and control, says TLAP
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...

